Stravinsky
Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911) and the Rite of Spring (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as a musical revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design. His "Russian phase" which continued with works such as Renard, the Soldier's Tale and Les Noces, was followed in the 1920s by a period in which he turned to neoclassical music. The works from this period tended to make use of traditional musical forms (concerto grosso, fugue and symphony), drawing on earlier styles, especially from the 18th century. In the 1950s, Stravinsky adopted serial procedures. His compositions of this period shared traits with examples of his earlier output: rhythmic energy, the construction of extended melodic ideas out of a few two- or three-note cells and clarity of form, and of instrumentation.
Stravinsky
Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first ach...
BACH (arr Elgar) - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
BEETHOVEN - Gratulations-Menuett
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini
BORODIN - Prince Igor - Ballet
MOZART - Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter'
MOZART - Der Schauspieldirektor - Overture
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
TCHAIKOVSKY March Slave
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Coq d'Or - suite
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite
Music by Glinka, Liadov, Debussy
STRAVINSKY Petrushka Ballet
BORODIN Prince Igor - excerpts
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Czar Sultan - Suite
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night - Overture
MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina: Persian Dances
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BORODIN Symphony No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite
Recorded 1952
Total duration: 56:24
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Antál Doráti
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op.74 (Pathétique)
RAVEL Boléro
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
ELGAR Cockaigne Overture
Studio recordings · 1929-1933
Total duration: 74:03
Serge Koussevitzky - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski - The Philadelphia Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 'Little Russian'
STRAVINSKY Le Chant du rossignol
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Studio recordings, 1941-46
Total duration: 74:10
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Goosens
MIHALOVICI Sinfonia Partita for String Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Live broadcast recordings, 1953 & 1961
Total duration: 71:59
Orchestre National de la Radio-télévision Française (RTF)
Orchestre National de France
conducted by Jascha Horenstein
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
Studio recordings · 1953 & 1957
Total duration: 56:57
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Choeur et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française