Chez Stravinsky

[San Antone]

I'll bet; I am guessing that it is the Dutoit/Montréal Le sacre.

Chailly, Cleveland Orchestra. 

Works on This Recording

Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: 10/1984
Venue:  Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal
Length: 46 Minutes 34 Secs.

Symphony in Three Movements by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942-1945; USA
Date of Recording: 1991
Venue:  Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
Length: 22 Minutes 12 Secs.

Symphony in C by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939-1940; USA
Date of Recording: 1991
Venue:  Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
Length: 27 Minutes 35 Secs.

Symphonies of Wind Instruments by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; France
Date of Recording: 1991
Venue:  Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
Length: 8 Minutes 59 Secs.

Pulcinella by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Anna Caterina Antonacci (Soprano), Pietro Ballo (Tenor), William Shimell (Bass)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Switzerland

Pétrouchka by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Switzerland

Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Olli Mustonen (Piano)
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928-1929; France
Date of Recording: 1992
Venue:  Schauspielhaus, Berlin
Length: 17 Minutes 20 Secs.

Movements for Piano and Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Olli Mustonen (Piano)
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1961; USA
Date of Recording: 1992
Venue:  Schauspielhaus, Berlin
Length: 9 Minutes 37 Secs.

Scherzo à la russe by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943-1944; USA

Scènes de ballet by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; USA
Date of Recording: 1989

Apollon musagète by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: France

Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; Russia

Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; Russia
Date of Recording: 11/1994
Venue:  Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg
Length: 11 Minutes 2 Secs.

Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 1 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905-1907; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/1995
Venue:  Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg
Length: 35 Minutes 5 Secs.

Fireworks, Op. 4 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/1995
Venue:  Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs.

Les noces by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Galina Bojko (Soprano), L'udovit Ludha (Tenor), Margarita Maruna (Mezzo Soprano),
Egils Silins (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,  Piano Circus,  Ernst Senff Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: Switzerland

Orpheus by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1947; USA

Jeu de cartes by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937; France

Agon by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1957; USA

Le sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1913
Date of Recording: 11/1985
Venue:  Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio
Length: 32 Minutes 46 Secs.

[Karl Henning]

Chailly, Cleveland Orchestra. 

Works on This Recording

Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: 10/1984
Venue:  Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal
Length: 46 Minutes 34 Secs.

Symphony in Three Movements by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942-1945; USA
Date of Recording: 1991
Venue:  Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
Length: 22 Minutes 12 Secs.

Symphony in C by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939-1940; USA
Date of Recording: 1991
Venue:  Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
Length: 27 Minutes 35 Secs.

Symphonies of Wind Instruments by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; France
Date of Recording: 1991
Venue:  Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
Length: 8 Minutes 59 Secs.

Pulcinella by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Anna Caterina Antonacci (Soprano), Pietro Ballo (Tenor), William Shimell (Bass)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Switzerland

Pétrouchka by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Switzerland

Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Olli Mustonen (Piano)
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928-1929; France
Date of Recording: 1992
Venue:  Schauspielhaus, Berlin
Length: 17 Minutes 20 Secs.

Movements for Piano and Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Olli Mustonen (Piano)
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1961; USA
Date of Recording: 1992
Venue:  Schauspielhaus, Berlin
Length: 9 Minutes 37 Secs.

Scherzo à la russe by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943-1944; USA

Scènes de ballet by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; USA
Date of Recording: 1989

Apollon musagète by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: France

Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; Russia

Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; Russia
Date of Recording: 11/1994
Venue:  Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg
Length: 11 Minutes 2 Secs.

Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 1 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905-1907; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/1995
Venue:  Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg
Length: 35 Minutes 5 Secs.

Fireworks, Op. 4 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/1995
Venue:  Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs.

Les noces by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Galina Bojko (Soprano), L'udovit Ludha (Tenor), Margarita Maruna (Mezzo Soprano),
Egils Silins (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,  Piano Circus,  Ernst Senff Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: Switzerland

Orpheus by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1947; USA

Jeu de cartes by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937; France

Agon by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1957; USA

Le sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1913
Date of Recording: 11/1985
Venue:  Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio
Length: 32 Minutes 46 Secs.

Thanks! It does all look very good.

[Herman]

One Stravinsky work that isn't in the above Universal box is the 1944-48 Mass, the work I have been listening to after weeks of listening to Oedipus Rex.

The Mass is for SABT choir (Stravinksy wanted a bunch of boys for the soprano part) and double wind quartet.

It's very spare and very lovely. The composer wanted no vibrato in the choir, which was hard to get by first.

I have a couple recordings and the one that works best for me is the Reinbert de Leeuw recording on erstwhile Philips.

[Karl Henning]

One Stravinsky work that isn't in the above Universal box is the 1944-48 Mass, the work I have been listening to after weeks of listening to Oedipus Rex.

The Mass is for SABT choir (Stravinksy wanted a bunch of boys for the soprano part) and double wind quartet.

It's very spare and very lovely. The composer wanted no vibrato in the choir, which was hard to get by first.

I have a couple recordings and the one that works best for me is the Reinbert de Leeuw recording on erstwhile Philips.

That is a beauty.

[JBS]

One Stravinsky work that isn't in the above Universal box is the 1944-48 Mass, the work I have been listening to after weeks of listening to Oedipus Rex.

The Mass is for SABT choir (Stravinksy wanted a bunch of boys for the soprano part) and double wind quartet.

It's very spare and very lovely. The composer wanted no vibrato in the choir, which was hard to get by first.

I have a couple recordings and the one that works best for me is the Reinbert de Leeuw recording on erstwhile Philips.

The DG Complete Edition has Bernstein's recording of the Mass. But it has de Leeuw's recording of Cantata and some of the short choral works.

[Mirror Image]

One Stravinsky work that isn't in the above Universal box is the 1944-48 Mass, the work I have been listening to after weeks of listening to Oedipus Rex.

The Mass is for SABT choir (Stravinksy wanted a bunch of boys for the soprano part) and double wind quartet.

It's very spare and very lovely. The composer wanted no vibrato in the choir, which was hard to get by first.

I have a couple recordings and the one that works best for me is the Reinbert de Leeuw recording on erstwhile Philips.

Yes, this is one of my favorites from Stravinsky. I really love that Leeuw performance as well. I also love the O'Donnell on Hyperion, which I believe is OOP now.

[Herman]

I'm still enjoying my Stravinsky Loop.

Currently repeat listening to what may well be Stravinsky's most hilarious piece, Jeu de Cartes.

Imagine being the trombone section in this piece.

[Karl Henning]

Nice.

[San Antone]

One Stravinsky work that isn't in the above Universal box is the 1944-48 Mass, the work I have been listening to after weeks of listening to Oedipus Rex.

The Mass is for SABT choir (Stravinksy wanted a bunch of boys for the soprano part) and double wind quartet.

It's very spare and very lovely. The composer wanted no vibrato in the choir, which was hard to get by first.

I have a couple recordings and the one that works best for me is the Reinbert de Leeuw recording on erstwhile Philips.

I like this one you mention, which I am listening to right now for the first time. 

For a long time the Bernstein recording was the one I was most familiar with, but I also really like the Herreweghe recording, as well as the Robert Craft one on Naxos.  The first version I heard was of Stravinsky's own, which still holds a sentimental place in my heart.

[Symphonic Addict]

https://www.youtube.com/v/DqWZGUO_eoc

This was one of those occasions where I rediscovered a masterpiece. I don't know why I had overlooked this stupendous piece for so long. I was hooked by this captivating performance. A work with gravitas, austerity and noticeable craftsmanship.

The no inclusion of violins and violas provides a darker tone to the sometimes lugubrious and sometimes imposing music. An orchestration who nobody else could create. It shows a facet of the originality of this composer. Despite the composer employed Latin texts, the chorus sometimes sounded like singing Orthodox Russian chants, a very interesting effect.

[Karl Henning]

https://www.youtube.com/v/DqWZGUO_eoc

This was one of those occasions where I rediscovered a masterpiece. I don't know why I had overlooked this stupendous piece for so long. I was hooked by this captivating performance. A work with gravitas, austerity and noticeable craftsmanship.

The no inclusion of violins and violas provides a darker tone to the sometimes lugubrious and sometimes imposing music. An orchestration who nobody else could create. It shows a facet of the originality of this composer. Despite the composer employed Latin texts, the chorus sometimes sounded like singing Orthodox Russian chants, a very interesting effect.

esp. mvt III

[kyjo]

https://www.youtube.com/v/DqWZGUO_eoc

This was one of those occasions where I rediscovered a masterpiece. I don't know why I had overlooked this stupendous piece for so long. I was hooked by this captivating performance. A work with gravitas, austerity and noticeable craftsmanship.

The no inclusion of violins and violas provides a darker tone to the sometimes lugubrious and sometimes imposing music. An orchestration who nobody else could create. It shows a facet of the originality of this composer. Despite the composer employed Latin texts, the chorus sometimes sounded like singing Orthodox Russian chants, a very interesting effect.

I re-listened to this work recently as well and couldn't agree more. A masterpiece. I'm often quick to write off a lot of Stravinsky's post-Rite music, but the Symphony of Pslams has none of the "dryness" that occasionally creeps into the other works from his "neoclassical" period.

[Symphonic Addict]

What recording did you hear, Kyle?

[Old San Antone]

I'm often quick to write off a lot of Stravinsky's post-Rite music ...

      

I am just the opposite: Le Sacre and those works before is the music I DON'T listen to by Stravinsky.  The Symphony of Psalms and most of his "Neo-Classical" period, as well as his late works, make up my Stravinsky playlist.

[Herman]

Same here. I hardly ever listen to his 'Russian' works, like Firebird and Sacre.

[kyjo]

What recording did you hear, Kyle?

A recent live performance by MTT and the San Francisco Symphony which is available on Spotify.

I also revisited the Symphony in Three Movements a few days ago and enjoyed it very much. It's filled with nervous energy but doesn't lack more lyrical, reflective moments. Not to mention I really enjoyed the delightful Jeu de cartes recently as well. I think I like the neoclassical Stravinsky more than I often give him credit for. 

[Mandryka]

Can someone explain to me this comment of Richard Barrett's, in his book Music of Possibility (2019)?

A defining feature of 20th century musical innovation is the disconnection from one another of elements which had in previous music always always proceeded in parallel, like metre and harmony in Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Printemps . . . .

[Mirror Image]

I'd like to extend an apology to Rafael and anyone else who I doubted about the Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky series on Columbia (Sony). I think it is quite special and there's certainly the sense of occasion with these performances, but it does help that they're as well performed as they are. I owned several iterations of this series. The first one I bought was this one (released in 2007):



Then I bought the even earlier one from the early 90s:



Then I finally wound up buying this one back in 2017:



I wound up giving both of the earlier sets away. I can't remember who I gave the 2007 set to, but the early 90s set I gave to my dad as he didn't own any Stravinsky in his own collection. I'm rather pleased with the fidelity in this newer set plus it contains some rarities like that Robert Craft recording where conducts the first version of Les noces, but also this particular has never been released before on CD. Anyway, I'll quite blabbering now.

[Jo498]

Is the cardboard box shown in second place all the separate "fat" volumes with comparably fat booklets?
I got 5 volumes (11 discs altogether) of that one and also a single discs with the 3 famous symphonies. Although the cheaper box shown in the first place was already available when I bought most of these, I decided to go for the ones with better documentation. Because for the vocal works and some other lesser known works, I'd be a bit lost with a bare bones edition. (And because I already have enough "rites" I also skipped the first volume with the famous balletts).

[Que]

Spotted on jpc.de and Amazon.de, expected to be realeased March 2021, haven't seen any details of the content:



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