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ID: SIGCD205 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Orchestra The conclusion to a three part-series of Igor Stravinsky‘s ballets from Sergei Diaghilev,s Ballet Russes, performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer. These recordings capture the excitement and vibrancy of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in live performance at their home of BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales.
Almost no musical work has had such a powerful influence or evoked as much controversy as Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring. The work's premiere on May 29, 1913, at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, was scandalous. In addition to the outrageous costumes, unusual choreography and bizarre story of pagan sacrifice, Stravinsky's musical innovations tested the patience of the audience to the fullest.
This disc also features Francis Poulenc‘s ballet Les Biches, premiered at the Ballet Russes in 1924. Originally commissioned by Diaghilev to write a piece based on Glazunov‘s Les Sylphides, Poulenc instead chose to base his piece on the paintings of Watteau that depicted Louis XV and various women in his "Parc aux biches" |
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ID: SIGCD271 CDs: 3 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Orchestra SIGCD165, SIGCD195, SIGCD205
CD 1: SIGCD165 - Firebird - Works by Igor Stravinsky for the Ballet Russes
He music commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev for his Ballet Russes has generated some of the most inventive and popular orchestral works of the 20th Century.
Led by Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer, these recordings capture the excitement and vibrancy of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in live performance - the first recording made in their new home of BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales. This is the first release in a series of three with future repertoire including The Rite of Spring and Petrushka.
CD 2: SIGCD195 - Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky - BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Because Igor Stravinsky's "Petrushka" usually runs almost 35 minutes in duration, it either needs to be paired with a work of comparable length or presented with several short filler pieces to give reasonable value to a CD. In the case of this recording by Thierry Fischer and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the disc is filled out with three atmospheric pieces by Anatol Lyadov -- "Baba-Yaga," Enchanted Lake, and Kikimora -- which only add a little over 20 minutes to this rather brief package. Still, there are affinities between Liadov's colorful, impressionistic music and Stravinsky's brilliant ballet, not least the strong influence of both composers' orchestration teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Lyadov, an older contemporary of Stravinsky, was the composer Sergei Diaghilev had originally sought to compose music for the ballet "L'oiseau de feu," before having to settle on the as-yet untried Stravinsky. Furthermore, Lyadov was practiced at composing music on fairy tale themes, so his music is a sometimes suitable match in style and content with Stravinsky's magical depiction of the folk tale of "Petrushka." Furthermore, Lyadov's selections have comparatively few recordings, so grouping these tone poems with Stravinsky's famous work gives them much needed exposure. The performances on this 2010 Signum Classics release are accurate and expressive, if a little restrained, and the audio is exceptional in its wide range of timbres, details, and dynamics.
˜ Blair Sanderson, Rovi All Music Guide
CD3: SIGCD 205 - The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky
The conclusion to a three part-series of Igor Stravinsky‘s ballets from Sergei Diaghilev,s Ballet Russes, performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer. These recordings capture the excitement and vibrancy of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in live performance at their home of BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales.
Almost no musical work has had such a powerful influence or evoked as much controversy as Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring. The work's premiere on May 29, 1913, at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, was scandalous. In addition to the outrageous costumes, unusual choreography and bizarre story of pagan sacrifice, Stravinsky's musical innovations tested the patience of the audience to the fullest.
This disc also features Francis Poulenc‘s ballet Les Biches, premiered at the Ballet Russes in 1924. Originally commissioned by Diaghilev to write a piece based on Glazunov‘s Les Sylphides, Poulenc instead chose to base his piece on the paintings of Watteau that depicted Louis XV and various women in his "Parc aux biches" |
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ID: SIGCD365 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Instrumental Subcollection: Piano Brahms:
Waltzes (16), Op. 39
Piazzólla: arr. Bax & Chung
Lo que vendra
Milonga del ángel
Tango No. 2
Libertango
Stravinsky:
Petrushka
The real life marriage of two great concert pianists, Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung, has led to one of the leading piano duos of their generation. To cite the UK magazine Music and Arts, “Theirs is a marriage of wondrous colours and dextrous aplomb, subtly balanced to make a musical performance sound as one.”
Stavinsky’s Pétrouchka was originally arranged for four-hands by the composer as a rehearsal score for the Ballet Russes production of the same name, but in this stripped-down it brings Stravinsky’s melodic, rhythmic and harmonic inventiveness to the fore. Brahms’s 16 Waltzes Op.39 are an enchanting collection of Romantic miniatures that simultaneously nod to the musical lineage of the composer’s home in Vienna whilst asserting his own flair and individuality. The final four tangos by Piazzolla are a full of Argentine flair and vigour, and were arranged especially for this recording by Bax and Chung. |
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ID: SIGCD492 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
1. Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine 3:20
2. Symphony of Psalms: II. Expectans expectavi, Dominum 6:23
3. Symphony of Psalms: III. Alleluia. Laudate Dominum 11:44
4. Friede auf Erden, Op. 13
Tenebrae & Nigel Short 10:30
5. Chichester Psalms: I. Psalm 108 - Psalm 100 3:41
6. Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23 - Psalm 2: 1-4
David Allsopp, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Nigel Short 5:30
7. Chichester Psalms: III. Psalm 131 - Psalm 133: 1 8:22
8. Psalm 23, Op. 14 10:53 |
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ID: SMCCD0013 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Clarinet |
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ID: SMCCD0027-85 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: Great Performers Subcollection: Piano Great Artists in Moscow Conservatory
CD1:
Live in Grand Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
April 9, 1962
S. Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B Flat major, Op 84
I.Stravinsky
Petrushka, Five Movements from the Ballet
J.S. Bach
Prelude No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
(arr. By Alexander Siloti in B minor)
S.Rachmaninov
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
CD2:
Grand Hall January 6, 1954 |
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ID: SMCCD0198 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Instrumental Subcollection: Piano |
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ID: SMCCD0202 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Ballet Music Subcollection: Orchestra Historical recordings 1916-1930
(1-7) Orchestre de Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev
- Conductor: Ernsst Anserment
Recordings made in New York on Friday, April 28, 1916
(8-9) Orchestre de Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev - Conductor: Henri Defossé
Recordings early June 1927
(10-15) Orchestre de L'Association Des Concerts Lamoureux
- Conductor: Albert Wolff
Recordings 1930s
(16-19) London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Albert Coates
Recordings 1930s
(20-36) London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Efrem Kurtz
Recordings 1930s |
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ID: TPDVD126 CDs: 1 Type: DVD |
Collection: Documentary Subcollection: Biography Movie Made at the request of the Stravinsky Estate to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s birth, this highly-praised and award-winning film celebrates one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. As Paul Griffiths said in The Times, “this is a wholly wonderful film…much of this portrait is a like a miraculous image, filled with the sense of Stravinsky as man and musician, above all as Russian and believer”.R ’ S a b o u tThis autobiographical film includes documents, photographs and film neverseen publicly before. Stravinsky’s three surviving children talk about their father, and there are contributions from the late Madam Vera Stravinsky, his musical associates Robert Craft, Marie Rambert, Balanchine, Benny Goodman, Serge Lifar, Jean Cocteau, Diaghilev’s secretary, Nijinsky’s daughter, Rimsky Korsakov’s granddaughter, Nadia Boulanger, Georges Auric and many friends and colleagues. Also included in the film are important performances: Les Noces, heard here for the first time in its original scoring, Petrushka, specially recreated for the film by the Bolshoi ballet in its 1911 choreography, The Rite of Spring, the Symphonies, the Violin Concerto, The Rake’s Progress, The Symphony of Psalms…and much else.
Filmed in communist Russia, France, Switzerland, Latvia, New York and Los Angeles, with the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, Westminster Abbey Choir, the State Choir of Latvia, the National Radio Orchestra of the U.S.S.R., the Royal Ballet…… Finally, there is priceless film of Stravinsky himself, talking, remembering, conducting, at work and at home and in the room in which he actually composed The Rite of Spring, in this altogether unique portrait.
Directors: Tony Palmer
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Tony Palmer Films
DVD Release Date: November 18, 2008
Run Time: 166 minutes |
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