Riccardo Chailly - Stravinsky Edition

Decca

£41.99

Format: 10CD
Catalogue No.: 4851367
Barcode: 0028948513673
Release Date: 14th May 2021
Genre: Classical

The complete recordings of Stravinsky by the conductor Riccardo Chailly, presented together for the very first time to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death.30 works in total, arranged chronologically by date of composition, presented in a handsome capbox. The artwork features a portrait by the artist Steph Fonteyn, who was commissioned on the centenary of the ballet Petrushka by Stravinsky’s granddaughter Marie Stravinsky, on behalf of the Stravinsky Foundation 100pp booklet featuring new informative liner notes by Stravinsky scholar Stephen Walsh; an interview with Riccardo Chailly conducted by Gramophone Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief James Jolly; work index and many photographs. Highlights include The Rake’s Progress; ballet recordings with the Royal Concertgebouw; two recordings of Le sacre du printemps (original and revised 1947 version).