Pierre Boulez, Eliahu Inbal, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Simon Rattle - Igor Stravinsky Edition

Format: 23 CD Set
ICPN: 0190295140939
Release Date: 12th March 2021
Genre: Classical

23CD – 2-piece box - wallets illustrated with paintings by Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Essay in French, English, German

Does any other composer of the 20th century offer such varied riches? If The Firebird, glowing with the iridescence of his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov, brought him his international breakthrough in 1910, The Rite of Spring sealed his fame and set him on the long path towards the terse archaism of Agon in 1957. Chameleon-like and with tireless creativity, Stravinsky kept pace with the aesthetic evolutions, convolutions and dislocations of his times. In his evocation of the Russia of history and prehistory, in the insolently virtuosic elegance of his pastiches, in his adaptations of Classical myths, in his rediscovery of his faith, and in his late conversion to serialism, he transformed every challenge into an opportunity.

The release of this edition marks 50 years since the death of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), the most influential composer of the 20th century.
• After he died in New York on 6th April 1971, the New York Times wrote:
“When the history of 20th‐century music comes to be written, Igor Stravinsky will occupy the most prominent position in the period from about 1910 to the beginning of World War II. More than any other composer, he put his mark on an entire generation. He was a shaper, a seminal force, a creator who was the symbol of the musical avant‐garde not only in the public eye but also … in the estimation of his fellow musicians.”

Igor Stravinsky Edition: An authoritative and representative survey of Stravinsky’s music in superlative interpretations by an array of outstanding musicians, including some of today’s leading Erato / Warner Classics artists and Stravinsky himself as historical bonuses
• 23CDs
• The recordings span nearly a century of history, from 2019 back as far as 1928.
• The edition comprises all major works and less frequently heard smaller works. Certain works appear in both their original orchestral versions and in transcriptions, by Stravinsky himself and by other musicians e.g. for solo piano, piano duo, piano and violin, accordion duo.
• 3CDs are devoted to historical recordings, dating from the late 1920s and 1930s, with Stravinsky appearing as conductor and as pianist.
• The performers in the set include:
Conductors
Ernest Ansermet, Pierre Boulez, James Conlon, Charles Dutoit, Mariss Jansons,
Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Riccardo Muti,
Kent Nagano, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Mstislav Rostropovich, Franz Welser-Möst
Pianists
Martha Argerich, Michel Béroff, Nelson Freire, Marcelle Meyer, Beatrice Rana, Fazil Say,
Lars Vogt
Instrumentalists
Alban Berg Quartet, Gidon Kremer, Sabine Meyer, Truls Mørk, Itzhak Perlman,
Maxim Vengerov
Singers
Grace Bumbry, Natalie Dessay, Jerry Hadley, Marjana Lipovšek, Samuel Ramey,
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, John Tomlinson, Dawn Upshaw

IGOR STRAVINSKY EDITION
Tracklist

- BALLET, ORCHESTRAL & CHORAL WORKS -

CD 1 69.50
1 Scherzo fantastique, Op.3 (1908) 13.15

2 Feux d’artifice, Op.4 (1908) 3.59

L’Oiseau de feu · The Firebird, complete ballet (1910)
3 I. Introduction 3.13
4 II. Le Jardin enchanté de Kachtcheï · Kashchei’s enchanted garden 2.22
5 III. Apparition de l’oiseau de feu poursuivi par Ivan Tsarévitch · Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich 2.28
6 IV. Danse de l’oiseau de feu · Dance of the Firebird 1.23
7 V. Capture de l’oiseau de feu · Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird 0.54
8 VI. Supplications de l’oiseau de feu · Supplications of the Firebird 6.59
9 VII. Apparition des 13 princesses enchantées · Appearance of 13 enchanted princesses 2.44
10 VIII. Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d’or · The Princesses’ Game with the Golden Apples 2.36
11 IX. Brusque apparition d’Ivan Tsarévitch · Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich 1.49
12 X. Khovorod : Ronde des princesses · The princesses’ Round Dance 5.12
13 XI. Lever du jour : Ivan Tsarévitch entre dans le palais de Kachtcheï · Daybreak: Ivan Tsarevich enters Kashchei’s Palace 1.39
14 XII. Carillon magique et capture d’Ivan Tsarévitch · Magic carillon and capture of Ivan Tsarevich 1.29
15 XIII. Arrivée de Kachtcheï l’immortel · Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal 3.21
16 XIV. Apparition de l’oiseau de feu · Appearance of the Firebird 0.36
17 XV. Danse de la suite de Kachtcheï enchantée par l’oiseau de feu · Dance of Kashchei’s retinue under the Firebird’s spell 0.50
18 XVI. Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kachtcheï · Infernal dance of all of Kashchei’s subjects 5.00
19 XVII. Berceuse (L’Oiseau de feu) · Lullaby (The Firebird) 3.38
20 XVIII. Mort de Kachtcheï · Kashchei’s death 2.49
21 XIX. Disparition du palais et des sortilèges, animation des chevaliers pétrifiés. Allégresse générale · Disappearance of the palace and dissolution of Kashchei’s enchantments, animation of the petrified warriors. General thanksgiving 3.28

Philharmonia Orchestra · Eliahu Inbal conductor


CD 2 56.15
L’Oiseau de feu · The Firebird (1910, Ballet Suite 1919)
1 I. Les Jardins enchantés du roi Kachtcheï · Kashchei’s enchanted gardens 3.23
2 II. L’Oiseau de feu et sa danse · Dance of the Firebird 1.23
3 V. Khovorod : ronde des princesses · The princesses’ Round Dance 4.54
4 VI. Danse infernale du roi Kachtcheï et de tous ses sujets · Infernal dance of all of Kashchei’s subjects 3.53
5 VII. Berceuse · Lullaby 3.10
6 VIII. Finale – Allégresse Générale · General thanksgiving 3.07

The Philadelphia Orchestra · Riccardo Muti conductor

Petrouchka · Petrushka, scènes burlesques en quatre tableaux (Burlesque in four scenes) (1911 original version)
Tableau 1
7 I. Fête populaire de la Semaine Grasse · The Shrovetide Fair 5.41
8 II. Le tour de passe-passe · The Magic Trick 1.53
9 III. Danse russe · Russian dance 2.55
Tableau 2
10 IV. Chez Petrouchka · Petrushka’s room 4.25
Tableau 3
11 V. Chez le Maure · The Blackamoor’s room 3.11
12 VI. Danse de la ballerine · Dance of the Ballerina 0.46
13 VII. Valse : La ballerine et le Maure · Waltz: The Ballerina and the Moor 3.20
Tableau 4
14 VIII. Fête populaire de la Semaine Grasse (vers le soir) · The Shrovetide Fair towards evening 1.17
15 IX. Danse des nounous · The Wet-Nurses’ Dance 2.25
16 X. Le Paysan et l’ours · The Peasant and the Bear 1.20
17 XI. Le Marchand fêtard et deux Tziganes · The Reveling Merchant and two Gipsy Women 1.09
18 XII. Danse des cochers et des palefreniers · Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms 2.28
19 XIII. Les Déguisés · The Mummers 2.30
20 XIV. Mort de Petrouchka · Petrushka’s death 2.59

Philharmonia Orchestra · Eliahu Inbal conductor


CD 3 66.42
Petrouchka · Petrushka, scènes burlesques en quatre tableaux (Burlesque in four scenes) (1911, orchestration 1947)
Tableau 1
1 I. Fête populaire de la Semaine Grasse · The Shrovetide Fair 5.09
2 II. Le tour de passe-passe · The Magic Trick 1.45
3 III. Danse russe · Russian dance 2.40
Tableau 2
4 IV. Chez Petrouchka · Petrushka’s room 4.21
Tableau 3
5 V. Chez le Maure · The Blackamoor’s room 2.37
6 VI. Danse de la ballerine · Dance of the Ballerina 0.42
7 VII. Valse: La ballerine et le Maure · Waltz: The Ballerina and the Moor 2.47
Tableau 4
8 VIII. Fête populaire de la Semaine Grasse (vers le soir) · The Shrovetide Fair towards evening 1.11
9 IX. Danse des nounous · The Wet-Nurses’ Dance 2.38
10 X. Le Paysan et l’ours · The Peasant and the Bear 1.12
11 XI. Le Marchand fêtard et deux Tziganes · The Reveling Merchant and two Gipsy Women 1.06
12 XII. Danse des cochers et des palefreniers · Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms 2.02
13 XIII. Les Déguisés · The Mummers 2.18
14 XIV. Mort de Petrouchka · Petrushka’s death 3.02

The Philadelphia Orchestra · Riccardo Muti conductor

Le Sacre du printemps · The Rite of Spring, tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux parties (1913)
Part 1 L’Adoration de la Terre · Adoration of the Earth
15 I. Introduction 3.22
16 II. Les Augures printaniers – Danse des adolescentes · The Augurs of Spring – Dance of the Young Girls 3.28
17 III. Jeu du rapt · Ritual of Abduction 1.17
18 IV. Rondes printanières · Spring rounds 3.44
19 V. Jeu des cités rivales · Ritual of the Rival Tribes 1.50
20 VI. Cortège du Sage · Procession of the Sage 0.43
21 VII. Adoration de la Terre (Le Sage) · Adoration of the Earth (The Sage) 0.21
22 VIII. Danse de la Terre · Dance of the Earth 1.18
Part 2 Le Sacrifice · The Sacrifice
23 I. Introduction 3.48
24 II. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes · Mystic Circles of the Young Girls 2.57
25 III. Glorification de l’Élue · Glorification of the Chosen One 1.35
26 IV. Évocation des Ancêtres · Evocation of the Ancestors 0.44
27 V. Action rituelle des Ancêtres · Ritual Action of the Ancestors 3.23
28 VI. Danse sacrale (L’Élue) · Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) 4.33

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra · Mariss Jansons conductor


CD 4 72.22
Le Chant du rossignol · Song of the Nightingale, Symphonic Poem (1917)
1 Introduction et Marche chinoise · Introduction & Chinese March 5.56
2 Chant du rossignol · Song of the Nightingale 3.22
3 Jeu du rossignol mécanique · Performance of the Mechanical Nightingale 11.09

Patrice Fontanarosa violin · Patrick Gallois flute · Bertrand Grenat oboe · Yves Couëffe trumpet
Orchestre National de France · Pierre Boulez conductor

Pulcinella, Ballet in one act for small orchestra with three solo voices based on music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Domenico Gallo, Fortunato Celleri and Alessandro Parisotti (1920)
4 I. Overture. Allegro moderato 2.05
5 II. Serenata. Larghetto: “Mentre l’erbetta pasce l’agnella” (tenor) 2.48
6 III. Scherzino. Allegro 2.05
7 IV. Allegro 1.06
8 V. Andantino 1.28
9 VI. Allegro 1.42
10 VII. Allegretto: “Contento forse vivere” (mezzo-soprano) 1.59
11 VIII. Allegro assai 1.58
12 IX. Allegro (alla breve): “Con queste paroline” (bass) 2.22
13 X. Largo (Trio): “Sento dire no’ncè pace” (all) 5.38
14 XI. Allegro – alla breve 1.20
15 XII. Tarentella 1.14
16 XIII. Andantino: “Se tu m’ami” (mezzo-soprano) 3.15
17 XIV. Allegro 0.51
18 XV. Gavotta con due variazioni. Allegro moderato 4.38
19 XVI. Vivo 1.29
20 XVII. Tempo di minuetto. Molto moderato (Trio): “Pupilette, fiammette d’amore” (all) 2.47
21 XVIII. Allegro assai 1.59

Ann Murray mezzo-soprano · Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor · Simon Estes bass
Ensemble intercontemporain · Pierre Boulez conductor

Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra (1921)
22 I. Marche 1.12
23 II. Valse 1.47
24 III. Polka 0.58
25 IV. Galop 2.15

Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra (1925)
26 I. Andante 1.27
27 II. Napolitana 1.20
28 III. Española 1.01
29 IV. Balalaïka 1.03

Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields · Sir Neville Marriner conductor


CD 5 58.12
Les Noces, Russian dance scenes with song and music. French version by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1914-1917 & 1919-1923)
1 Scene 1: La Tresse · The Tresses 5.08
2 Scene 2: Chez le marié · At the Bridegroom’s House 5.54
3 Scene 3: Le Départ de la mariée · The Bride’s Departure 3.30
4 Scene 4: Le Repas de noces · The Wedding Feast 9.52

Basia Retchitzka soprano · Arlette Chedel alto · Éric Tappy tenor · Philippe Huttenlocher bass
Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Edward Auer, Suzanne Husson piano
Percussions Group: Markus Ernst, Jean-Claude Forestier, Harald Glamsch, Rafael Zambrano, Urs Herdi, Roland Manigley
Grand Chœur de l’Université de Lausanne · Michel Corboz chorus master · Charles Dutoit conductor

Quatre Chants paysans russes « Les Soucoupes » · Four Russian Peasant Songs “Saucers”, original version for women voices a capella (Sung in Russian) (1914-1917)
5 I. Près de l’église de Chigisakh · On Saints’ days in Chigisakh 0.41
6 II. Ovsen 0.32
7 III. Le Brochet · The Pike 0.52
8 IV. Monsieur Ventru · Master Portly 1.13

Quatre Chants paysans russes « Les Soucoupes » · Four Russian Peasant Songs “Saucers”, version with a four horns accompaniment (Sung in Russian) (1914-1917, arranged 1954)
9 I. Près de l’église de Chigisakh · On Saints’ days in Chigisakh 0.57
10 II. Ovsen 0.48
11 III. Le Brochet · The Pike 1.03
12 IV. Monsieur Ventru · Master Portly 1.17

Michel Cantin · Jean-Noël Melleret · André Gantiez · Serge Duchesne horn (9-12)
Chœur de Radio-France · Jacques Jouineau chorus master

Le Baiser de la fée, Divertimento, Symphonic Suite (1928-1934, revised 1949)
13 I. Sinfonia 6.44
14 II. Danses suisses 7.17
15 III. Scherzo 4.09
16 IV. Pas de deux 8.10

Philharmonia Orchestra · André Vandernoot conductor


CD 6 78.11
Apollon musagète · Apollo, Ballet in two scenes for string orchestra (1928, 1947 revised version)
Tableau 1
1 I. Prologue. Naissance d’Apollon 5.30
Tableau 2
2 II. Variation d’Apollon (Apollon et les Muses) 3.05
3 III. Pas d’action (Apollon et les trois Muses : Calliope, Polymnie et Terpsichore) 4.24
4 IV. Variation de Calliope (L’Alexandrin) 1.33
5 V. Variation de Polymnie 1.13
6 VI. Variation de Terpsichore 1.40
7 VII. Variation d’Apollon 2.40
8 VIII. Pas de deux (Apollon et Terpsichore) 3.59
9 IX. Coda (Apollon et les Muses) 3.31
10 X. Apothéose 3.56

Berliner Philharmoniker · Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Quatre études, for orchestra (1928)
11 I. Danse 0.59
12 II. Excentrique 2.04
13 III. Cantique 3.27
14 IV. Madrid 2.43

Orchestre National de France · Pierre Boulez conductor

Symphonie de psaumes · Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra (1930, rev. 1948)
15 I. “Exaudi orationem meam” 3.24
16 II. “Expectans expectavi Dominum” 6.36
17 III. “Alleluja, laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus” 12.41

Rundfunkchor Berlin · Simon Halsey chorus master
Berliner Philharmoniker · Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Concerto in E-flat major “Dumbarton Oaks”, for chamber orchestra (1938)
18 I. Tempo giusto 4.48
19 II. Allegretto 4.26
20 III. Rondo: Allegro 5.22

Scottish Chamber Orchestra · Juka-Pekka Saraste conductor


CD 7 77.54

1 Credo, for mixed choir a capella (1932) 2.58
2 Ave Maria, for mixed choir a capella (1934) 2.02

King’s College Choir, Cambridge · Stephen Cleobury conductor

Jeu de cartes, ballet en trois donnes · A Card game, Ballet in three deals (1936)
3 I. Première donne · First deal 5.26
4 II. Deuxième donne · Second deal 9.35
5 III. Troisième donne · Third deal 7.40

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra · James Conlon conductor

Symphony in C major (1940)
6 I. Moderato 10.17
7 II. Larghetto concertante 6.56
8 III. Allegretto 5.13
9 IV. Largo – Tempo giusto 8.13

Berliner Philharmoniker · Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Danses concertantes (1941-1942)
10 I. Marche 1.57
11 II. Pas d’action 3.07
12 III. Thème varié 8.26
13 IV. Pas de deux 5.04
14 V. Marche 0.57

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra · Sir Neville Marriner conductor


CD 8 79.23

Four Norwegian Moods (1942)
1 I. Intrada 2.26
2 II. Song 3.13
3 III. Wedding Dance 1.42
4 IV. Cortège 2.50

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra · Dmitri Kitajenko conductor

5 Circus Polka, composed for a young elephant (1942) 3.59

Philharmonia Orchestra · Eliahu Inbal conductor

6 Scherzo à la russe (Jazz-band version 1944) 3.54
7 Scherzo à la russe (Orchestral version 1944) 4.01

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Symphony in three movements (1945)
8 I. = 80 9.26
9 II. Andante 6.17
10 III. Con moto 5.49

New York Philharmonic · Zubin Mehta conductor

Concerto in D major, for string orchestra (1946)
11 I. Vivace 6.22
12 II. Arioso (Andantino) 2.56
13 III. Rondo (Allegro) 3.42

Bath Festival Orchestra · Sir Yehudi Menuhin conductor

14 Greeting Prelude (1955) 1.00

The London Philharmonic · Sir Charles Mackerras conductor

Agon, ballet (1957)
15 I. Pas de quatre 1.35
16 II. Double pas de quatre 1.31
17 III. Triple pas de quatre 1.14
18 IV. Prelude 0.52
19 V. Sarabande Step 1.08
20 VI. Gaillarde 1.19
21 VII. Coda 1.20
22 VIII. Interlude 0.56
23 IX. Bransle simple 0.55
24 X. Bransle gay 0.52
25 XI. Bransle double 1.33
26 XII. Interlude 0.56
27 XIII. Pas de deux 3.16
28 XIV. Coda 1.08
29 XV. Four Duos 0.43
30 XVI. Four Trios - Coda 2.18

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra · Hiroyuki Iwaki conductor


- OPERA, THEATER & VOCAL WORKS -

CD 9 69.21

1 Pastorale, for vocalise soprano & piano (1907) 1.54

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano · Geoffrey Parsons piano

Deux poèmes de Paul Verlaine · Two Poems by Paul Verlaine, Op. 9 for voice & piano (1910, orchestration 1951)
2 I. La Bonne chanson 3.15
3 II. Sagesse 1.31

François Le Roux baritone
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo · John Nelson conductor

Le Rossignol · The Nightingale, lyric tale in three acts after Andersen (Igor Stravinsky & Stepan Mitusov - Sung in Russian) (1914)
Act 1
4 Introduction 3.31
5 « Porté au vent, tombant au loin » (Le Pêcheur, le Rossignol) 3.35
6 « Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! » (Le Rossignol, le Pêcheur) 3.14
7 « Voici l’endroit, près de ces arbres » (La Cuisinière, Courtisans, le Chambellan, le Bonze) 3.12
8 « Beau rossignol, incomparable oiseau » (Le Chambellan, le Bonze, le Rossignol, Courtisans, le Pêcheur) 3.27
Act 2
9 « Des feux, des feux, bien vite » (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor, Alto, la Cuisinière, le Chambellan) 2.13
10 Marche chinoise · Chinese March – « Ô maître magnanime » (Le Chambellan) 3.35
11 Chanson du rossignol · Song of the Nightingale – « Ah, joie, emplis mon cœur » (Le Rossignol, l’Empereur, les Courtisans, le Chambellan) 4.17
12 « Au coucher du soleil » (Les Envoyés japonais) 1.19
13 Jeu du rossignol mécanique · Performance of the mechanical Nightingale - « Psst, psst » (Les Courtisans, l’Empereur, le Chambellan, la voix du Pêcheur) 3.36
Act 3
14 « Vois-nous rassemblés » (Spectres, l’Empereur) 4.04
15 « Ah, me voici, ô prince magnanime » (Le Rossignol, l’Empereur) 2.24
16 « Ah, j’aime à t’écouter » (La Mort, le Rossignol, l’Empereur) 5.18
17 Cortège solennel · Solemn procession 1.06
18 « Bonjour à tous » (L’Empereur, la voix du Pêcheur) 1.33

Le Rossignol (Nightingale) Natalie Dessay soprano
La Cuisinière (Cook) Marie McLaughlin mezzo-soprano
La Mort (Death) Violeta Urmana alto
Le Pêcheur (Fisherman) Vsevolod Grivnov tenor
L’Empereur (Emperor) Albert Schagidullin baritone
Le Chambellan (Chamberlain) Laurent Naouri baritone
Le Bonze (Bonze) Maxime Mikhailov bass
Envoyés japonais (Japanese Envoys): Olivier Berg tenor · Wassyl Slipak baritone · Grzegorz Staskiewicz tenor
Claire Servian · Olga Oussova · Olivier Berg: solo soprano/solo alto/solo tenor
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Paris · James Conlon conductor

Renard, histoire burlesque chantée et jouée · Reynard, A burlesque story in song and dance (Igor Stravinsky, translated to French by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz) (1917)
19 I. Marche (Entrée des acteurs) 1.03
20 II. « Où ça, où ça ? » 4.32
21 III. « Ah ! mon Dieu ! mon dieu ! il me tir’par la queue » 2.34
22 IV. « Je suis sur mon bâton » 2.38
23 V. « Ah ! mon Dieu ! mon dieu ! il m’a pris par les ch’veux » 3.37
24 VI. « Mèr’ Renard, mèr’ Renard, pourquoi nous quitter déjà » 1.43

Éric Tappy, Pierre-André Blazer tenor · Philippe Huttenlocher baritone · Jules Bastin bass
Siegfried Schmidt cimbalom
Ensemble instrumental · Charles Dutoit conductor
(Günter Rumpel flute & piccolo · Pierre Rosso oboe & English horn · Antony Morf clarinet & piccolo clarinet · André Eichenberger bassoon · Kurt Hanke & Kurt Holzer horn · Urs Herdi kettledrums · Roland Manigley & Harald Glamsch percussion · Ulrich Lehmann & Vasile Chirila violin · Henrik Crafoord viola da gamba · Gilbert Rossi cello · Edgar Kremsa double bass)


CD 10 57.12

L’Histoire du soldat · The Soldier’s Story, for chamber ensemble and three speakers (Charles Ferdinand Ramuz) (1918)
Part 1
1 I. Marche du soldat · The Soldier’s March 2.45
2 II. Musique de la 1re scène · Music for Scene 1 6.47
3 III. Reprise de la marche du soldat · The Soldier’s March reprise 4.56
4 IV. Musique de la 2e scène · Music for Scene 2 4.42
5 V. Musique de la fin de la 2e scène · Music for the end of Scene 2 6.28
6 VI. Musique de la 3e scène · Music for Scene 3 0.51
Part 2
7 VII. Reprise de la marche du soldat · The Soldier’s March reprise 3.42
8 VIII. Marche royale · The Royal March 6.57
9 IX. Petit concert · Little Concert 2.57
10 X. Trois danses · Three Dances: tango, valse, ragtime 6.23
11 XI. Danse du Diable · The Devil’s Dance 1.21
12 XII. Petit choral · Little Chorale 0.43
13 XIII. Couplets du Diable · The Devil’s song 0.41
14 XIV. Grand choral · Great Chorale 5.40
15 XV. Marche triomphale du Diable · Triumphal March of the Devil 2.13

Le Diable (The Devil) François Simon
Le Soldat (The Soldier) François Berthet
Le Récitant (The Narrator) Gérard Carrat
Nicolás Chumachenko violin
Ensemble instrumental · Charles Dutoit conductor
(Antony Morf clarinet · Henri Helaerts bassoon · Michel Cuvit cornet · Roland Schnorrk trombone · Joachim Gut double bass · Pierre Métral percussion)


CD 11 50.05

Oedipus Rex, opera-oratorio in two acts (Igor Stravinsky & Jean Cocteau after Sophocle) (1927)
Act 1
1 « Spectateurs… » 0.54
2 « Caedit nos pestis » (Chorus) 3.21
3 « Liberi, vos liberado » (Œdipe, Chorus, le Narrateur) 3.36
4 « Respondit deus » (Créon) 3.05
5 « Non reperias vetus scelus » (Œdipe, Chorus) 3.40
6 « Œdipe interroge la fontaine de vérité » (Le Narrateur, Chorus) 2.35
7 « Dicere non possum, dicere non licet » (Tirésias, Œdipe) 2.31
8 « Invidia fortunam odit » (Œdipe) 2.42
9 « Gloria, gloria, gloria ! » (Chorus) 1.05
Act 2
10 « Gloria » (Chorus) 1.00
11 « La dispute des princes attire Jocaste » (Le Narrateur) 1.00
12 « Nonn’ erubescite, reges » (Jocaste, Chorus, Œdipe) 7.08
13 « Ego denem cecidi » (Œdipe, Jocaste) 2.17
14 « Le témoin du meurtre sort de l’ombre » (Le Narrateur, Chorus, le Messager) 2.50
15 « Oportebat tacere, nunquam loqui » (Le Berger) 2.11
16 « Nonne monstrum rescituri » (Œdipe) 1.15
17 « In monte reppertus est » (Le Berger, le Messager, Chorus, Œdipe) 1.52
18 « Et maintenant, vous allez entendre le monologue illustre » (Le Messager) 1.31
19 « Divum Iocastae caput mortuum » (Le Messager, Chorus) 5.21

Œdipe (Oedipus) Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
Jocaste (Jocasta) Marjana Lipovšek mezzo-soprano
Créon (Kreon) John Tomlinson bass
Tirésias (Tiresias) Alastair Milnes tenor
Le Berger (The Sherpherd) John Mark Ainsley tenor
Le Messager (The Messenger) Peter Coleman-Wright baritone
Le Narrateur (The Speaker) Lambert Wilson
The London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra · Franz Welser-Möst conductor


CD 12 47.59

Perséphone, melodrama in three parts for speaker, soloists, chorus & orchestra (André Gide) (1933)
Part I: Perséphone ravie · The Abduction of Persephone
1 « Déesse aux mille noms » (Eumolpe, Chorus, Perséphone) 4.39
2 « Jacinthe, anémone, safran » (Eumolpe, Chorus, Perséphone) 1.59
3 « Ne cueille pas cette fleur, Perséphone » (Chorus, Eumolpe, Perséphone) 3.02
Part II: Perséphone aux enfers · Persephone in the Underworld
4 « Ô peuple douloureux des ombres » (Perséphone, Eumolpe, Chorus) 5.02
5 « Attentives sur les rives de l’éternité » (Chorus, Perséphone) 3.00
6 « Tu viens pour dominer » (Chorus, Eumolpe, Perséphone) 4.03
7 « Viens, Mercure ! » (Chorus, Eumolpe, Perséphone) 2.38
8 « Si tu contemplais le calice » (Chorus, Perséphone) 3.09
9 « Pauvres ombres » (Eumolpe, Perséphone, Chorus) 4.15
Part III: Perséphone renaissante · Persephone restored
10 « C’est ainsi, nous raconte Homère » (Eumolpe, Chorus) 3.56
11 « Venez à nous, enfants des hommes » (Chorus) 4.06
12 « L’ombre encore t’environne » (Chorus) 3.18
13 « Mère, ta Perséphone à tes vœux s’est rendue » (Perséphone, Eumolpe, Chorus) 4.47

Perséphone, la prêtresse (Persephone, the Priestess) Anne Fournet speaker
Eumolpe, le prêtre (Eumolpos, the Priest) Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
Tiffin Boys Choir
The London Philharmonic Choir & Chorus
The London Philharmonic · Kent Nagano conductor


CD 13 69.39

The Rake’s Progress, opera in three acts, a fable by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman (1951)
Act 1
1 Prelude 0.31
Scene 1
2 Duet and Trio: “The woods are green, and bird and beast at play” (Anne, Rakewell, Trulove) 3.33
3 Recitative: “Anne, my dear - Yes, Father?” (Trulove, Anne, Rakewell) 0.53
4 Recitative and Aria: “Here I stand” (Rackewell) 0.57
5 “Since it is not by merit we rise or we fall” (Rackewell) 1.44
6 Recitative: “Tom Rakewell?” (Shadow, Rakewell) 1.17
7 Recitative and Quartet: “Fair lady, gracious gentlemen, a servant begs your pardon” (Shadow) 1.55
8 “I wished but once” (Rakewell, Shadow, Anne, Trulove) 3.14
9 Recitative: “I’ll call the coachman, Sir” (Shadow, Trulove) 0.10
10 Duettino: “Farewell for now, my heart is with you when you go” (Anne, Rakewell) 1.17
11 Recitative: “All is ready, sir” (Shadow, Rakewell) 0.43
12 Arioso and Terzettino: “Dear father Trulove” (Rakewell) 1.40
13 “Laughter and light, and all charms that endear” (Rakewell, Anne, Trulove, Shadow) 1.26
Scene 2
14 “With air commanding and weapon handy we drove in a band through the streets at night” (Chorus) 2.32
15 Recitative and Scene: “Come, Tom I would fain” (Shadow, Rakewell, Mother Goose) 3.09
16 Chorus: “Soon dawn will glitter outside the shutter” (Chorus) 0.39
17 Recitative: “Brothers of Mars” (Shadow) 0.51
18 Cavatina: “Love, too frequently betrayed for some plausible desire” (Rakewell) 2.44
19 Chorus: “How sad a song” (Chorus, Mother Goose) 0.59
20 Chorus: “The sun is bright, the grass is green, lanterloo” (Chorus, Shadow) 2.14
Scene 3
21 Recitative and Aria: “Has love no voice?” (Anne) 2.17
22 “Quietly, night, oh! find him and caress” (Anne, Trulove) 2.12
23 Recitative: “My father! Can I desert him” (Anne) 1.06
24 Cabaletta: “I go, I go to him” (Anne) 2.58
Act 2
Scene 1
25 Aria: “Vary the song, O London, change!” (Rakewell) 3.08
26 Recitative: “Nature, green unnatural mother” (Rakewell) 2.19
27 Aria: “Always the quarry that I stalk fades or evades me” (Rakewell) 1.46
28 Recitative: “Master, are you alone?” (Shadow, Rakewell) 1.13
29 “Come, master, observe the host of mankind” (Shadow) 1.13
30 Aria: “In youth the panting slaves” (Shadow) 2.09
31 Duet – Finale: “My tale shall be told” (Rakewell, Shadow) 2.12
Scene 2
32 Prelude 1.46
33 Recitative and Arioso: “How strange! Although the heart for love dare everything” (Anne) 2.47
34 “What can this mean?” (Anne) 0.49
35 Duet: “Anne! here!” (Rakewell, Anne) 2.27
36 Recitative: “My love, am I to remain in here forever?” (Baba the Turk, Anne, Rakewell) 1.03
37 Trio: “Could it then have been known” (Anne, Rakewell, Baba) 3.17
38 Finale: “I have not run away, dear heart” (Baba, Rakewell) 2.16

CD 14 75.05
Scene 3
1 Aria: “As I was saying” (Baba) 1.49
2 Baba’s Song: “Come, sweet, come, why so glum?” (Baba) 0.24
3 Aria: “Scorned! Abused!” (Baba) 1.36
4 Recitative: “My heart is cold” (Rakewell) 0.23
5 Pantomime: “Fa lala la lala” (Shadow) 0.58
6 Recitative – Arioso – Recitative: “O I wish it were true” (Rakewell, Shadow) 1.49
7 Duet: “Thanks to this excellent device” (Rakewell, Shadow) 1.38
8 Recitative: “Forgive me, master” (Shadow, Rakewell) 2.03
Act 3
Scene 1
9 “Ruin. Disaster. Shame” (Chorus) 1.43
10 “Do you know where Tom Rakewell is?” (Anne, Sellem, Chorus) 1.17
11 Recitative: “Ladies, both fair and gracious, gentlemen” (Sellem) 1.26
12 Aria and Bidding Scenes: “Who hears me, knows me” (Sellem, Baba, Chorus) 3.32
13 Aria: “Sold! Annoyed!” (Baba, Rakewell, Shadow, Chorus) 0.59
14 Recitative: “Now, what was that!” (Baba, Anne, Sellem, Chorus) 1.06
15 Duet: “You love him, seek to set him right” (Baba, Anne, Sellem, Chorus) 1.53
16 “I shall go back and grace the stage” (Baba, Anne, Sellem, Chorus) 1.48
17 Ballad Tune: “If boys had wings and girls had stings” (Rakewell, Shadow, Anne, Baba, Sellem) 0.24
18 Stretto – Finale: “I go to him” (Anne, Baba, Sellem, Chorus) 0.59
19 Ballad Tune (reprise): “Who cares a fig for Tory or Whig?” (Rakewell, Shadow, Baba, Chorus) 1.02
Scene 2
20 Prelude 2.11
21 Duet: “How dark and dreadful is this place” (Rakewell, Shadow) 4.06
22 Recitative: “Very well” (Shadow, Rakewell) 1.18
23 Duet: “Well then - My heart is wild” (Shadow, Rakewell, Anne) 7.16
24 “I burn, I burn! I freeze!” (Shadow) 2.04
25 “With roses crowned” (Rakewell) 1.25
Scene 3
26 Arioso: “Prepare yourselves, heroic shades” (Rakewell) 1.51
27 Dialogue: “Madmen’s words are all untrue” (Rakewell, Chorus) 0.24
28 Chorus – Minuet: “Leave all love and hope behind” (Chorus) 1.17
29 Recitative: “There he is” (Keeper, Anne, Rakewell) 0.57
30 Arioso: “I have waited for thee so long” (Rakewell) 1.14
31 Duet: “In a foolish dream” (Rakewell, Anne) 2.42
32 Recitative quasi arioso: “I am exceeding weary” (Rakewell) 1.11
33 Lullaby: “Gently, little boat” (Anne, Chorus) 2.59
34 Recitative: “Anne, my dear” (Trulove, Anne) 0.53
35 Duettino: “Every wearied body must” (Anne, Trulove) 1.43
36 Finale – Recitative and Chorus: “Where art thou, Venus?” (Rakewell, Chorus) 3.29
37 Mourning Chorus: “Mourn for Adonis!” (Chorus) 1.14
38 Epilogue: “Good people, just a moment” (Anne, Baba, Rakewell, Shadow, Trulove) 2.38

Trulove Robert Lloyd bass
Anne Dawn Upshaw soprano
Tom Rakewell Jerry Hadley tenor
Nick Shadow Samuel Ramey baritone
Mother Goose Anne Collins mezzo-soprano
Baba the Turk Grace Bumbry mezzo-soprano
Sellem Stephen Cole tenor
Keeper Roderick Earle bass
Ariane Jacob harpsichord
Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon · Alan Woodbridge chorus master
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon · Kent Nagano conductor

Three Songs from William Shakespeare, for voice, flute, clarinet & viola (1953)
39 I. Musick to Hear 2.52
40 II. Full Fadom Five 2.04
41 III. Spring (When Daisies Pied) 2.15

Ian Bostridge tenor · Adam Walker flute · Michael Collins* clarinet · Lawrence Power viola (39-41)



- CONCERTANTE WORKS -

CD 15 77.26

Concerto, for piano & wind instruments (1923-24, revised 1950)
1 I. Largo – Allegro 7.25
2 II. Largo – Cadenza (Poco rubato) 7.01
3 III. Allegro 5.12

Capriccio, for piano & orchestra (1929, revised 1949)
4 I. Presto doppio movimento 6.31
5 II. Andante rapsodico 4.59
6 III. Allegro capriccioso, ma tempo giusto 4.55

Michel Béroff piano
Orchestre de Paris · Seiji Ozawa conductor

Violin Concerto in D major, for violin & orchestra (1931)
7 I. Toccata 6.21
8 II. Aria I 4.07
9 III. Aria II 6.11
10 IV. Capriccio 6.21

Maxim Vengerov violin
London Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich conductor

Movements, for piano & orchestra (1959)
11 I. = 110 2.47
12 II. = 52 1.31
13 III. = 72 0.57
14 IV. = 80 1.24
15 V. = 104 2.12

Michel Béroff piano
Orchestre de Paris · Seiji Ozawa conductor

- CHAMBER MUSIC -

16 Pastorale (1907, version for violin and wind quartet by Igor Stravinsky and Samuel Dushkin 1933) 3.10

Gidon Kremer violin · Meyrick Alexander bassoon · Michael Collins clarinet · Jane Marshall english horn · David Theodore oboe

Three Pieces, for string quartet (1914)
17 I. = 126 0.57
18 II. = 76 1.58
19 III. = 40 3.24

Alban Berg Quartet


CD 16 79.42

1 Ragtime, for eleven instruments (1918) 4.45

Siegfried Schmidt cimbalom
Ensemble instrumental · Charles Dutoit conductor
(Günter Rumpel flute & piccolo · Antony Morf clarinet & piccolo clarinet · Kurt Hanke horn · Henry Adelbrecht trumpet · Branimir Slokar trombone · Roland Manigley percussion · Ulrich Lehmann & Vasile Chirila violin · Henrik Crafoord viola)

Three Pieces, for clarinet (1919)
2 I. Sempre piano e molto tranquillo 1.26
3 II. = 168 1.06
4 III. = 160 1.15

Sabine Meyer clarinet

5 Concertino, for string quartet (1920) 6.09

Alban Berg Quartet

6 Symphonies d’instruments à vent « À la mémoire de Claude Debussy » · Symphonies of Wind Instruments “To the memory of Claude Debussy” (1920 original version) 10.18

London Symphony Orchestra · Kent Nagano conductor

Octet, for wind instruments (1923)
7 I. Sinfonia (Lento – Allegro moderato) 4.26
8 II. Tema con variazioni (Andantino) 8.37
9 III. Finale (Sempre = 116, Tempo giusto) 3.59

Ensemble instrumental · Charles Dutoit conductor (1, 7-9)
(Günter Rumpel flute & piccolo · Antony Morf clarinet & piccolo clarinet · André Eichenberger & Albrecht Kunz bassoon · Henry Adelbrecht & Frodolin Frei trumpet · Branimir Slokar & Hanspeter Zehnder trombone)

Duo concertant, for violin & piano (1932)
10 I. Cantilène 2.58
11 II. Églogue I 2.09
12 III. Églogue II 2.33
13 IV. Gigue 4.30
14 V. Dithyrambe 2.54

Itzhak Perlman violin · Bruno Canino piano

15 Elegy, for solo viola (1944) 5.45

Tabea Zimmermann viola

Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band (1945)
16 I. Allegro moderato 3.05
17 II. Andante 2.33
18 III. Moderato 3.30

Michael Collins clarinet · London Sinfonietta · Sir Simon Rattle

19 Concertino, for 12 instruments (1920, orchestrated 1952) 6.15

Ensemble intercontemporain · Pierre Boulez

20 Double Canon “Raoul Dufy in Memoriam”, for string quartet (1959) 1.24

Alban Berg Quartet


- PIANO WORKS -

CD 17 78.52

1 Scherzo (1902) 2.00

Sonata in F-sharp minor (1903-1904)
2 I. Allegro 10.27
3 II. Vivo 4.23
4 III. Andante 7.37
5 IV. Allegro 6.21

4 Études, Op. 7 (1908)
6 I. Con moto 1.10
7 II. Allegro brillante 2.34
8 III. Andantino 1.51
9 IV. Vivo 1.50

10 Souvenir d’une marche boche (1915) 1.37

11 Valse pour les enfants (1917) 0.55
(Improvised by Igor Stravinsky at “Le Figaro”. With kind permission of the newspaper “Le Figaro”)

12 Étude pour pianola, for player piano (1917) 2.31

13 Piano-Rag-Music (1919) 3.20

Les cinq doigts, 8 pièces très faciles sur 5 notes (1921)
14 I. Andantino 0.37
15 II. Allegro 0.52
16 III. Allegretto 0.38
17 IV. Larghetto 0.58
18 V. Moderato 0.31
19 VI. Lento 0.35
20 VII. Vivo 0.28
21 VIII. Pesante 1.00

Piano Sonata (1924)
22 I. = 112 2.43
23 II. Adagietto 4.38
24 III. = 112 2.17

Serenade in A major (1925)
25 I. Hymne 4.14
26 II. Romanza 2.58
27 III. Rondoletto 2.20
28 IV. Cadenza finale 4.09

29 Tango (1940) 3.10

Michel Béroff piano (1-11, 13-29)
Rex Lawson player piano (12)


- TRANSCRIPTIONS -

CD 18 79.34

L’Oiseau de feu · The Firebird (1910, transcription for piano by Guido Agosti 1934)
1 Danse infernale 5.05
2 Berceuse 3.37
3 Finale 3.15

Trois mouvements de Petrouchka (1911, transcription for piano by the composer 1921)
4 I. Danse russe (Allegro giusto) 2.39
5 II. Chez Petrouchka 5.06
6 III. La Semaine grasse 9.14

Beatrice Rana piano

Petrouchka · Petrushka (1911, transcription for two classical accordions by James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll)
7 Tableau 1 9.35
8 Tableau 2 3.53
9 Tableau 3 6.33
10 Tableau 4 12.40

James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll classical accordion (instruments Pigini. Bajan model Mythos)

Suite italienne from Pulcinella, for cello & piano (1920, transcription for violin & piano by Gregor Piatigorsky in collaboration with Igor Stravinsky 1934)
11 I. Introduzione 2.13
12 II. Serenata 3.16
13 III. Aria 5.28
14 IV. Tarentella 2.13
15 V. Minuetto e Finale 4.42

Truls Mørk cello · Lars Vogt piano


CD 19 81.05

Le Sacre du printemps · The Rite of Spring, tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux parties (1913, transcription for piano four hands by the composer 1913)
Part 1 L’Adoration de la Terre · Adoration of the Earth
1 Introduction 3.07
2 Les Augures printaniers – Danse des adolescentes · The Augurs of Spring – Dance of the Young Girls 2.54
3 Jeu du rapt · Ritual of Abduction 1.16
4 Rondes printanières · Spring rounds 3.26
5 Jeu des cités rivales · Ritual of the Rival Tribes 1.36
6 Cortège du Sage · Procession of the Sage 0.33
7 Adoration de la Terre (Le Sage) · Adoration of the Earth (The Sage) 0.26
8 Danse de la Terre · Dance of the Earth 1.10
Part 2 Le Sacrifice · The Sacrifice
9 Introduction 4.01
10 Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes · Mystic Circles of the Young Girls 2.43
11 Glorification de l’Élue · Glorification of the Chosen One 1.26
12 Évocation des Ancêtres · Evocation of the Ancestors 0.46
13 Action rituelle des Ancêtres · Ritual Action of the Ancestors 3.29
14 Danse sacrale (L’Élue) · Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) 4.23

Fazil Say piano four hands (Studio multitracking)

15 Ragtime, for piano (1918) 4.49

Marcelle Meyer piano

Suite italienne from Pulcinella, for violin & piano (1920, transcription for violin & piano by Samuel Dushkin 1932)
16 I. Introduzione 2.14
17 II. Serenata 3.11
18 III. Tarantella 2.17
19 IV. Gavotta con due variazioni 3.43
20 V. Scherzino 1.13
21 VI. Minuetto e Finale 4.25

22 Chanson russe, from Mavra (1922, transcription for violin & piano by Samuel Dushkin 1947) 3.37

Le Baiser de la fée, Divertimento (1928, transcription for violin & piano by Igor Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin 1934)
23 I. Sinfonia 6.32
24 II. Danses suisses 4.52
25 III. Scherzo 3.21
26 IV. Pas de deux: Adagio 3.17
27 V. Variation 1.04
28 VI. Coda 2.09

Itzhak Perlman violin
with Bruno Canino piano (16-21, 23-28)
with Samuel Sanders piano (22)

29 Tango (1940, transcription for two classical accordions by James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll) 2.56

James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll classical accordion (instruments Pigini. Bajan model Mythos)


- HISTORICAL RECORDINGS -

CD 20 76.36

L’Oiseau de feu · The Firebird, (excerpts) (1910)
1 I. Les Jardins enchantés du roi Kachtcheï · Kashchei’s enchanted gardens 3.00
2 II. L’Oiseau de feu et sa danse · Dance of the Firebird 3.59
3 III. Supplications de l’oiseau de feu · Supplications of the Firebird 3.59
4 IV. Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d’or · The Princesses’ Game with the Golden Apples 2.43
5 V. Khovorod : ronde des princesses · The Princesses’ Round Dance 3.58
6 VI. Danse infernale du roi Kachtcheï et de tous ses sujets · Infernal dance of all of Kashchei’s subjects 3.54
7 VII. Berceuse · Lullaby 3.37
8 VIII. Finale – Allégresse Générale · General thanksgiving 3.23

Grand Orchestre · Igor Stravinsky conductor

Petrouchka . Petrushka, Ballet Suite (1911)
Tableau 1
9 I. Fête populaire de la Semaine Grasse · The Shrovetide Fair 4.00
10 II. Le tour de passe-passe · The Magic Trick 1.36
11 III. Danse russe · Russian dance 2.22
Tableau 2
12 IV. Chez Petrouchka · Petrushka’s room 3.50
Tableau 3
13 V. Chez le Maure · The Blackamoor’s room 3.47
Tableau 4
14 VIII. Fête populaire de la Semaine Grasse (vers le soir) · The Shrovetide Fair towards evening 1.00
15 IX. Danse des nounous · The Wet-Nurses’ Dance 2.47
16 XII. Danse des cochers et des palefreniers · Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms 2.14
17 XIII. Les Déguisés · The Mummers 1.49

Symphonic Orchestra · Igor Stravinsky conductor

L’Histoire du soldat · The Soldier’s Story, suite (1918)
18 I. Marche du soldat · The Soldier’s March 1.42
19 II. Le violon du soldat · The Soldier’s violin 2.48
20 III. Musique champêtre · Country Music 1.54
21 IV. Marche royale · The Royal March 2.49
22 V. Petit concert · Little Concert 3.10
23 VI. Trois danses · Three Dances: tango, valse, ragtime 6.10
24 VII. Danse du Diable · The Devil’s Dance 1.29
25 VIII. Grand choral · Great Chorale 2.03
26 IX. Marche triomphale du Diable · Triumphal March of the Devil 2.24

Marcel Darrieux violin · Alphonse-Joseph Delmas (AKA Boussagol) double bass · Émile Godeau clarinet · Gustave Dherin basson · Eugène Foveau trumpet · Raphaël Delbos trombone · Jean-Paul Morel percussion
Igor Stravinsky conductor


CD 21 77.24

Le Sacre du printemps · The Rite of Spring, tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux parties (1913)
Part 1 L’Adoration de la Terre · Adoration of the Earth
1 I. Introduction 3.06
2 II. Les Augures printaniers – Danse des adolescentes · The Augurs of Spring – Dance of the Young Girls 3.34
3 III. Jeu du rapt · Ritual of Abduction 1.09
4 IV. Rondes printanières · Spring rounds 2.44
5 V. Jeu des cités rivales · Ritual of the Rival Tribes 1.48
6 VII. Cortège du Sage · Procession of the Sage 0.37
7 VIII. Adoration de la Terre (Le Sage) · Adoration of the Earth (The Sage) 0.17
8 IX. Danse de la Terre · Dance of the Earth 1.15
Part 2 Le Sacrifice · The Sacrifice
9 I. Introduction 3.31
10 II. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes · Mystic Circles of the Young Girls 3.11
11 III. Glorification de l’Élue · Glorification of the Chosen One 1.44
12 IV. Évocation des Ancêtres · Evocation of the Ancestors 0.57
13 V. Action rituelle des Ancêtres · Ritual Action of the Ancestors 3.29
14 VI. Danse sacrale (L’Élue) · Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) 5.07

Grand Orchestre Symphonique (Straram) · Igor Stravinsky conductor

Symphonie de psaumes · Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra (1930)
15 I. “Exaudi orationem meam” 3.24
16 II. “Expectans expectavi Dominum” 6.31
17 III. “Alleluja, laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus” 11.03

Chœur Alexis Vlassoff · Orchestre Walther Straram · Igor Stravinsky conductor

Les Noces, Russian dance scenes with song and music. Sung in English, translated by D. Millar Craig (1914-1917 & 1919-1923) 23.44
18 Scene 1: The Tresses 5.17
19 Scene 2: At the Bridegroom’s House 5.38
20 Scene 3: The Bride’s Departure 2.58
21 Scene 4: The Wedding Feast 9.50

Kate Winter soprano · Linda Seymour mezzo soprano · Parry Jones tenor · Roy Hendersen bass · Berkeley Mason, Leslie Heward, Ernest Lush, Edwin Benbow piano · Percussion Ensemble & BBC Chorus · Igor Stravinsky conductor


CD 22 80.02

Capriccio, for piano & orchestra (original 1929 version)
1 I. Presto doppio movimento 6.56
2 II. Andante rapsodico 5.24
3 III. Allegro capriccioso, ma tempo giusto 5.26

Igor Stravinsky piano · Orchestre Walther Straram · Ernest Ansermet conductor

Octet, for wind instruments (1923)
4 I. Sinfonia (Lento – Allegro moderato) 4.00
5 II. Tema con variazioni (Andantino) 7.24
6 III. Finale (Sempre = 116, Tempo giusto) 3.37

Marcel Moyse flute · Émile Godeau clarinet · Gustave Dherin & Marius Piard bassoon · Eugène Foveau & Pierre Vignal trumpet · André Lafosse & Raphaël Delbos trombone

Pulcinella, Ballet in one act for small orchestra (excerpts) (1920)
7 I. Toccata 0.57
8 II. Gavotta con due variazioni 4.04
9 III. Duetto – Minuetto 3.58
10 IV. Finale 2.09

Orchestral Ensemble · Igor Stravinsky conductor

Duo concertant, for violin & piano (1932)
11 I. Cantilène 2.55
12 II. Églogue I 2.05
13 III. Églogue II 2.35
14 IV. Gigue 4.17
15 V. Dithyrambe 2.43

Samuel Dushkin violin · Igor Stravinsky piano

Jeu de cartes, ballet en trois donnes · A Card game, Ballet in three deals (1936) 21.23
16 I. Première donne · First deal 5.15
17 II. Deuxième donne · Second deal 8.41
18 III. Troisième donne · Third deal 7.30

Berliner Philharmoniker · Igor Stravinsky conductor


CD 23 73.17

Three Pieces, for string quartet (1914)
1 I. = 126 0.50
2 II. = 76 2.29
3 III. = 40 3.17

Quatuor Krettly (Robert Krettly, René Costard violin · François Broos viola · André Navarra cello)

4 Ragtime, for eleven instruments (1918) 4.22

Ensemble instrumental · Igor Stravinsky conductor
(Aladar Racz cimbalom · Roland Charmy & Henry Volant violin · Étienne Ginot viola · Louis Juste double bass · Lucien Lavaillotte flute · Émile Godeau clarinet · Eugène Foveau trumpet · Jean Devemy horn · Roger Tudesq trombone · Jean-Paul Morel percussion)

5 Piano-Rag-Music (1919) 3.15
Serenade in A major (1925)
6 I. Hymne 2.56
7 II. Romanza 2.30
8 III. Rondoletto 2.49
9 IV. Cadenza finala 2.57

Igor Stravinsky piano

Concerto for two pianos solo (1935)
10 I. Con moto 6.26
11 II. Notturno (Adagietto) 4.33
12 III. Quattro variazioni 4.15
13 IV. Preludio e fuga 4.26

Igor Stravinsky & Soulima Stravinsky piano

14 Pastorale, (1907, version for violin and wind quartet by Igor Stravinsky and Samuel Dushkin 1933) 2.44

Samuel Dushkin violin · André Vacelier clarinet · Georges Durand english horn · Gabriel Grandmaison basson · Louis Gromer oboe · Igor Stravinsky conductor

1932/1933 arrangements for violin and piano by Samuel Dushkin and Igor Stravinsky for their Concert Tours
15 Berceuse · Lullaby from L’Oiseau de feu 3.10
16 Scherzo from L’Oiseau de feu 2.40
17 Danse russe · Russian Dance from Petrouchka 2.47
18 Serenata from Suite italienne from Pulcinella 2.47
19 Scherzino from Suite italienne from Pulcinella 1.20
20 Air du rossignol from Le Rossignol 4.31
21 Marche chinoise · Chinese March from Le Rossignol 3.28

Samuel Dushkin violin · Igor Stravinsky piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
22 Fugue in C minor for 2 pianos, K. 426 4.38

Igor Stravinsky & Soulima Stravinsky piano

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