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Works of Igor Stravinsky

 
Works of Igor Stravinsky
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Works of Igor Stravinsky  (Audio CD) 
by Igor Stravinsky

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Audio CD Release Date: July 23, 2007
Studio: Sony / BMG Int'l
Conductor: Igor Stravinsky
Number Of Discs: 22
Format: Box set, Import
Average Customer Rating: based on 27 reviews
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Introduction
2. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Kashchei's enchanted garden
3. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The Firebird appears, pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
4. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Dance of the Firebird
5. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird
6. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The Firebird's entreaty
7. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The appearance of the thirteen enchanted princesses
8. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The princesses' game with apples of gold
9. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich
10. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The Princesses' Round
11. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Dawn (Ivan Tsarevich enters Kashchei's palace)
12. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The sound of enchanted bells; monsters appear, Kashchei's
13. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The arrival of Kaschchei the Immortal
14. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Kashchei's dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich
15. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The princesses intercede
16. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. The appearance of the Firebird
17. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Kashchei's followers dance under the Firebird's spell
18. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Infernal dance of Kaschei's subjects
19. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Lullaby (The Firebird)
20. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Kashchei awakens
21. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Death of Kaschei - profound darkness
22. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2. Kashchei's spells are broken; his palace disappears, the s
23. Scherzo à la Russe, for orchestra
24. Scherzo fantastique, for orchestra, Op. 3
25. Fireworks (Feu D'artifice), fantasy for orchestra, Op. 4
Disc: 2
1. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 1. No. 1. The Shrove-tide Fair
2. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 1. No. 2. The Crowds
3. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 1. No. 3. The Charlatan's Booth
4. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 1. No. 4. Russian Dance
5. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 2. Petrushka's Room
6. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 3. No. 1. The Moor's Room
7. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 3. No. 2. Dance of the Ballerina
8. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 3. No. 3. Waltz (Ballerina and Moor)
9. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 4. No. 1. The Shrove-tide Fair (near evening)
10. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 4. No. 2. Dance of the Wet Nurses
11. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 4. No. 3. Dance of the Peasant and the Bear
12. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 4. No. 4. Dance of the Gypsy Girls
13. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 4. No. 5. Dance of the Coachmen and Grooms
14. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 4. No. 6. The Masqueraders
15. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Scene 4. No. 7. Conclusion (Petrushka's Death)
16. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, Introduction
17. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, The Augurs of Spri
18. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, Mock Abduction
19. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, Spring Round Dance
20. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, Games of the Rival
21. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, Procession of the
22. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, Adoration of the E
23. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth, Dance of the Earth
24. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part Two: The Sacrifice, Introduction
25. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part Two: The Sacrifice, Mystical Circles of the Young G
26. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part Two: The Sacrifice, Glorification of the Chosen Vic
27. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part Two: The Sacrifice, Summoning of the Ancestors
28. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part Two: The Sacrifice, Ritual of the Ancestors
29. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part Two: The Sacrifice, Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen V
Disc: 3
1. Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion: Part One, Scene 1. The Bride's C
2. Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion: Part One, Scene 2. At the Brideg
3. Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion: Part One, Scene 3. The Bride's D
4. Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion: Part Two, Scene 4. The Wedding F
5. Renard, opera-ballet (burlesque) for 4 vocal soloists & chamber orchestra
6. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: The Soldier's March
7. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 1. Airs by a Stream
8. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 2. Pastorale
9. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 2. The Royal March
10. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 2. The Little Concert
11. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 2. Three Dances (Tango, Waltz , Ragtime)
12. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 2. The Devil's Dance
13. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 2. The Great Chorale
14. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments: Scene 2. Triumphal March of the Devil
Disc: 4
1. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 1. The Birth of Apollo. Largo - Allegro - Tempo 1
2. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Variation d'Apollon (Apollon et les Muses)
3. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Pas d'action (Apollon et les trois Muses: Calliope, Polymnie, et Terpsicho
4. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Variation de Calliope (l'Alexandrin) Allegretto
5. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Variation de Polymnie. Allegro
6. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Variation de Terpsichore. Allegretto
7. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Variation d'Apollon. Lento
8. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Pas de deux (Apollon et Terpsichore) Adagio
9. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Coda (Apollon et les Muses) Vivo - Tempo sostenuto - Agitato
10. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: Scene 2. Apothéose. Largo et tranquillo
11. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Pas de quatre
12. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Double Pas de quatre
13. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Triple Pas de quatre
14. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Prélude
15. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: First Pas de trois. Saraband Step
16. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: First Pas de trois. Gaillarde
17. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: First Pas de trois. Coda
18. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: First Pas de trois. Interlude
19. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Bransle simple
20. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Bransle gay
21. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Bransle double
22. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Interlude
23. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Pas de deux
24. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Coda
25. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Four Duos
26. Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra: Second Pas de trois. Four trios
27. Jeu de cartes (Card Game), ballet in 'three deals' for orchestra: First Deal
28. Jeu de cartes (Card Game), ballet in 'three deals' for orchestra: Second Deal
29. Jeu de cartes (Card Game), ballet in 'three deals' for orchestra: Third Deal
Disc: 5
1. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Introduction
2. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Danses (Corps de ballet & Ballerine)
3. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Pantomime
4. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Pas de deux
5. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Pantomime
6. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Variations: Danseur & Ballerine
7. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Pantomime
8. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Danses (Corps de ballet)
9. Scènes de ballet, for orchestra: Apothéose
10. Bluebird Pas-de-deux, transcription for chamber orchestra (after Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty): Adagio
11. Bluebird Pas-de-deux, transcription for chamber orchestra (after Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty): Variation 1
12. Bluebird Pas-de-deux, transcription for chamber orchestra (after Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty): Variation 2
13. Bluebird Pas-de-deux, transcription for chamber orchestra (after Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty): Coda
14. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1. Prologue
15. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2. A Village Fête
16. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 3. At the Mill
17. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 3. Pas de deux
18. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 3. Adagio
19. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 3. Variation
20. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 3. Coda
21. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 3. Scene
22. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra: Scene 4. Épilogue: The Lullaby of the Land beyond Time and
Disc: 6
1. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: Overture
2. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: Serenata
3. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: Scherzino
4. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: Tarantella
5. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: Gavotte With Two Variations
6. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1: Orphée
7. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1: Air de danse
8. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1: Dance of the Angel of Death
9. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 1: Interlude
10. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2: The Furies
11. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2: Air de danse - Interlude - Air de danse
12. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2: Pas d'action
13. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2: Pas de deux
14. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2: Interlude
15. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 2: Pas d'action
16. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra: Scene 3: Apothéose d'Orphée
Disc: 7
1. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 1. No. 1. The Shrove-tide Fair
2. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 1. No. 2. The Crowds
3. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 1. No. 3. The Charlatan's Booth
4. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 1. No. 4. Russian Dance
5. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 2. Petrushka's Room
6. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 4. No. 1. The Shrove-tide Fair (near evening)
7. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 4. No. 2. Dance of the Wet Nurses
8. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 4. No. 3. Dance of the Peasant and the Bear
9. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 4. No. 4. Dance of the Gypsy Girls
10. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 4. No. 5. Dance of the Coachmen
11. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): Scene 4. No. 6. The Masqueraders
12. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 1. Sinfonia (Ouverture)
13. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 2. Serenata
14. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 3. a) Scherzino
15. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 3. b) Allegro
16. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 3. c) Andantino
17. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 4. Tarantella
18. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 5. Toccata
19. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 6. Gavotta con due variazioni
20. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 7. Vivo (Duetto)
21. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 8. a) Minuetto
22. Pulcinella, suite for orchestra: 8. b) Finale
23. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Introduction
24. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Prelude and Dance of the Firebird
25. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Variations (The Firebird)
26. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Pantomime 1
27. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Pas de deux (The Firebird and Ivan Tsarevitch)
28. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Pantomime 2
29. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Scherzo. Dance of the Princesses
30. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Pantomime 3
31. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Rondo (Corovod)
32. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Infernal Dance
33. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Lullaby (The Firebird)
34. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra: Final Hymn
Disc: 8
1. Symphony in E flat major, Op. 1: 1. Allegro moderato
2. Symphony in E flat major, Op. 1: 2. Scherzo. Allegretto
3. Symphony in E flat major, Op. 1: 3. Largo
4. Symphony in E flat major, Op. 1: 4. Finale. Allegro molto
5. Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra: rehearsal extract
6. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: rehearsal extract
7. Petites Chansons (3), for voice & chamber orchestra ('Souvenir de mon enfance'): rehearsal extract
8. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: rehearsal extract
9. Concerto for piano & wind instruments: rehearsal extract
10. Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: rehearsal extract
11. Stravinsky in His Own Words
Disc: 9
1. Symphony in Three Movements, for orchestra: 1. Overture. Allegro
2. Symphony in Three Movements, for orchestra: 2. Andante - Interlude: L'istesso tempo
3. Symphony in Three Movements, for orchestra: 3. Con moto
4. Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 1. Moderato alla breve
5. Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 2. Larghetto concertante
6. Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 3. Allegretto
7. Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 4. Largo - Tempo giusto, alla breve
8. Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra: Part 1
9. Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra: Part 2
10. Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra: Part 3
Disc: 10
1. Concerto for piano & wind instruments: 1. Largo. Allegro - Maestoso
2. Concerto for piano & wind instruments: 2. Largo
3. Concerto for piano & wind instruments: 3. Allegro
4. Movements (5), for piano & orchestra: 1. Eighth note = 110
5. Movements (5), for piano & orchestra: 2. Eighth note = 52
6. Movements (5), for piano & orchestra: 3. Eighth note = 72
7. Movements (5), for piano & orchestra: 4. Eighth note = 80
8. Movements (5), for piano & orchestra: 5. Eighth note = 104
9. Capriccio, for piano & orchestra: 1. Presto
10. Capriccio, for piano & orchestra: 2. Andante rapsodico
11. Capriccio, for piano & orchestra: 3. Allegro capriccioso ma tempo giusto
12. Violin Concerto in D major: 1. Toccata
13. Violin Concerto in D major: 2. Aria 1
14. Violin Concerto in D major: 3. Aria 2
15. Violin Concerto in D major: 4. Capriccio
Disc: 11
1. Greeting Prelude, for orchestra
2. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: 1. Andante
3. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: 2. Napolitana
4. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: 3. Española
5. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: 4. Balalaika
6. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: 1. Marche
7. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: 2. Valse
8. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: 3. Polka
9. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: 4. Galop
10. Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ('Dumbarton Oaks'): 1. Tempo giusto
11. Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ('Dumbarton Oaks'): 2. Allegretto
12. Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ('Dumbarton Oaks'): 3. Con moto
13. Norwegian Moods (4), for orchestra: 1. Intrada
14. Norwegian Moods (4), for orchestra: 2. Song
15. Norwegian Moods (4), for orchestra: 3. Wedding Dance
16. Norwegian Moods (4), for orchestra: 4. Cortège
17. Circus Polka, for orchestra ('for a young elephant')
18. Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major ('Basel Concerto'): 1. Vivace
19. Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major ('Basel Concerto'): 2. Arioso. Andantino
20. Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major ('Basel Concerto'): 3. Rondo. Allegro
21. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 1. Andantino
22. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 2. Vivace
23. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 3. Lento
24. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 4. Allegretto
25. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 5. Moderato alla breve
26. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 6. Tempo di Marcia
27. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 7. Larghetto
28. Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players: 8. Tempo di Tango
29. Etudes (4) for orchestra: 1. Danse
30. Etudes (4) for orchestra: 2. Excentrique
31. Etudes (4) for orchestra: 3. Cantique
32. Etudes (4) for orchestra: 4. Madrid
Disc: 12
1. Præludium, for jazz band
2. Concertino, for 12 instruments
3. Octet for wind instruments: 1. Sinfonia
4. Octet for wind instruments: 2. Tema con variazioni
5. Octet for wind instruments: 3. Finale
6. Ragtime, for 11 instruments
7. Tango, for chamber orchestra
8. Septet, for clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola & cello: 1. Eighth note = 88
9. Septet, for clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola & cello: 2. Passacaglia
10. Septet, for clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola & cello: 3. Gigue
11. Pastorale, song without words for violin & woodwind quartet
12. Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band: 1. Allegro Moderato
13. Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band: 2. Andante
14. Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band: 3. Moderato; Con moto
15. Symphonies of Wind Instruments, for 23 wind instruments (1947 version)
Disc: 13
1. Duo Concertante, for violin & piano: 1. Cantilène
2. Duo Concertante, for violin & piano: 2. Eclogue 1
3. Duo Concertante, for violin & piano: 3. Eclogue 2
4. Duo Concertante, for violin & piano: 4. Gigue
5. Duo Concertante, for violin & piano: 5. Dithyrambe
6. Serenade for piano in A major: 1. Hymne
7. Serenade for piano in A major: 2. Romanza
8. Serenade for piano in A major: 3. Rondoletto
9. Serenade for piano in A major: 4. Cadenza finale
10. Concerto for 2 solo pianos: 1. Con moto
11. Concerto for 2 solo pianos: 2. Notturno. Adagietto
12. Concerto for 2 solo pianos: 3. Quattro variazioni
13. Concerto for 2 solo pianos: 4. Preludio e fuga
14. Piano-Rag-Music, for piano
15. Sonata for 2 pianos: 1. Moderato
16. Sonata for 2 pianos: 2. Theme with Variations
17. Sonata for 2 pianos: 3. Allegretto
18. Sonata for piano: 1. Eighth Note = 112
19. Sonata for piano: 2. Adagietto
20. Sonata for piano: 3. Eighth Note = 112
Disc: 14
1. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 1. Introduction
2. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 2. Entr'acte: Breezes
3. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 2. Chinese March
4. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 2. Song Of The Nightingale
5. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 2. The Courtiers
6. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 2. Three Japanese Envoys
7. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 2. Performance of the Mechanical Nightingale
8. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 2. Conclusion, Larghetto
9. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 3. Prelude
10. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 3. A Room in the Palace of the Emperor
11. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 3. The Return of the Nightingale
12. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 3. Solemn Procession
13. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act 3. The Emperor's Recovery
14. Mavra, opera buffa in 1 act
Disc: 15
1. Faun & Shepherdess, song suite (3) for voice & orchestra, Op. 2: 1. The Shepherdess
2. Faun & Shepherdess, song suite (3) for voice & orchestra, Op. 2: 2. The Faun
3. Faun & Shepherdess, song suite (3) for voice & orchestra, Op. 2: 3. The Torrent
4. Poems of Verlaine (2), song cycle for voice & piano or orchestra, Op. 9: The white moon shines in the woods
5. Poems of Verlaine (2), song cycle for voice & piano or orchestra, Op. 9: Sleep
6. Poems of Balmont (2), for voice & chamber orchestra: 1. The Flower
7. Poems of Balmont (2), for voice & chamber orchestra: 2. The Dove
8. Japanese Lyrics (3), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber orchestra): 1. Akahito
9. Japanese Lyrics (3), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber orchestra): 2. Mazatsumi
10. Japanese Lyrics (3), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber orchestra): 3. Tsaraiuki
11. Petites Chansons (3), for voice & chamber orchestra ('Souvenir de mon enfance'): 1. The Magpie
12. Petites Chansons (3), for voice & chamber orchestra ('Souvenir de mon enfance'): 2. The Rock
13. Petites Chansons (3), for voice & chamber orchestra ('Souvenir de mon enfance'): 3. The Jackdaw
14. Pribaoutki (4), song cycle for voice & 8 instruments or piano: 1. Uncle Armand
15. Pribaoutki (4), song cycle for voice & 8 instruments or piano: 2. The Oven
16. Pribaoutki (4), song cycle for voice & 8 instruments or piano: 3. The Colonel
17. Pribaoutki (4), song cycle for voice & 8 instruments or piano: 4. The Old Man and the Hare
18. Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano: 1. On The Stove
19. Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano: 2. At Home
20. Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano: 3. Bye bye
21. Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano: 4. The Cat has...
22. Russian Peasant Songs (4), for female chorus & 4 horns ('The Saucers'): 1. On Saints' Day in Chigisakh
23. Russian Peasant Songs (4), for female chorus & 4 horns ('The Saucers'): 2. Ovsen
24. Russian Peasant Songs (4), for female chorus & 4 horns ('The Saucers'): 3. The Pike
25. Russian Peasant Songs (4), for female chorus & 4 horns ('The Saucers'): 4. Master Portly
26. Songs (4) for voice, flute, harp & guitar: 1. The Drake
27. Songs (4) for voice, flute, harp & guitar: 2. A Russian Spiritual
28. Songs (4) for voice, flute, harp & guitar: 3. Geese and Swans
29. Songs (4) for voice, flute, harp & guitar: 4. Tilim-bom
30. Songs (3) from William Shakespeare, for voice, flute, clarinet & viola: 1. Music to hear
31. Songs (3) from William Shakespeare, for voice, flute, clarinet & viola: 2. Full fathom five
32. Songs (3) from William Shakespeare, for voice, flute, clarinet & viola: 3. When daisies pied
33. In Memoriam Dylan Thomas, dirge-canons & song for voice, string quartet & 4 trombones: Dirge-Canons
34. In Memoriam Dylan Thomas, dirge-canons & song for voice, string quartet & 4 trombones: Do not go gentle into that good night
35. In Memoriam Dylan Thomas, dirge-canons & song for voice, string quartet & 4 trombones: Dirge-Canons
36. Elegy for J. F. K., for voice & 3 clarinets
37. The Owl and the Pussy-cat, for voice & piano
38. Tilim-bom, transcription for voice & orchestra (after Histoires pour enfants No. 1)
Disc: 16
1. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene One, The Garden of Truelove's house in the country. Prelude
2. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene One, The Garden of Truelove's house in the country. 'The woods are green'
3. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene One, The Garden of Truelove's house in the country. 'Here I stand'
4. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene One, The Garden of Truelove's house in the country. 'Tom Rakewell?'
5. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene One, The Garden of Truelove's house in the country. 'Farewell for now'
6. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene Two, Mother Goose's Brothel, London. 'With air commanding'
7. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene Two, Mother Goose's Brothel, London. 'Come, Tom'
8. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene Two, Mother Goose's Brothel, London. 'Love too frequently betrayed' (Cavatina)
9. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene Two, Mother Goose's Brothel, London. 'The sun is bright'
10. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene Three, Autumn. The garden of Truelove's house in the country. 'No word from Tom'
11. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act One, Scene Three, Autumn. The garden of Truelove's house in the country. 'I'll go to him' (
12. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene One, The morning room of Rakewell's house in a London square. 'Vary the song, O
13. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene One, The morning room of Rakewell's house in a London square. 'Master, are you a
14. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene One, The morning room of Rakewell's house in a London square. 'My tale shall be
15. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene Two, The street in front of Rakewell's house. 'How strange!'
16. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene Two, The street in front of Rakewell's house. 'Anne, Here!' (Duet)
17. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene Two, The street in front of Rakewell's house. 'Could it then have been known' (T
Disc: 17
1. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene Three, The morning room in Rakewell's house. 'As I was saying'
2. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Two, Scene Three, The morning room in Rakewell's house. 'You! O Nick! I've had the stranges
3. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene One, The morning room in Rakewell's house. 'What Curious phenomena...'
4. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene One, The morning room in Rakewell's house. 'Aha!'
5. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene One, The morning room in Rakewell's house. 'Sold! Annoyed! I've caught you Thi
6. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene One, The morning room in Rakewell's house. 'I go to him.'
7. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Two, A starless night. A Churchyard. Prelude
8. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Two, A starless night. A Churchyard. 'How dark and dreadful is this place'
9. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Two, A starless night. A Churchyard. 'Very well, then, my dear'
10. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Two, A starless night. A Churchyard. 'I burn! I freeze!'
11. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Three, Bedlam. 'Prepare yourselves, heroic shades.'
12. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Three, Bedlam. 'There he is. Have no fear. He is not dangerous.'
13. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Three, Bedlam. 'Gently, little boat' (Lullaby)
14. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Three, Bedlam. 'Where art thou, Venus?'
15. The Rake's Progress, opera in 3 acts: Act Three, Scene Three, Bedlam. Epilogue 'Good people, just a moment'
Disc: 18
1. Oedipus Rex, opera-oratorio in 2 acts: Prologue - Act 1
2. Oedipus Rex, opera-oratorio in 2 acts: Act 2
3. The Flood, musical play for 3 vocal soloists, narrator, caller, speakers, chorus & orchestra: Prelude
4. The Flood, musical play for 3 vocal soloists, narrator, caller, speakers, chorus & orchestra: Melodrama
5. The Flood, musical play for 3 vocal soloists, narrator, caller, speakers, chorus & orchestra: The Building of the Ark (Choreography)
6. The Flood, musical play for 3 vocal soloists, narrator, caller, speakers, chorus & orchestra: The Catalogue of the Animals
7. The Flood, musical play for 3 vocal soloists, narrator, caller, speakers, chorus & orchestra: The Comedy (Noah and his wife)
8. The Flood, musical play for 3 vocal soloists, narrator, caller, speakers, chorus & orchestra: The Flood (Choreography)
9. The Flood, musical play for 3 vocal soloists, narrator, caller, speakers, chorus & orchestra: The Covenant of the Rainbow
Disc: 19
1. Perséphone, melodrama for tenor, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, & orchestra: 1. Persephone Abducted
2. Perséphone, melodrama for tenor, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, & orchestra: 2. Persephone in the Underworld
3. Perséphone, melodrama for tenor, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, & orchestra: 3. Persephone Restored
4. Ode, elegiacal chant for orchestra: 1. Eulogy
5. Ode, elegiacal chant for orchestra: 2. Eclogue
6. Ode, elegiacal chant for orchestra: 3. Epitaph
7. Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum, for orchestra: 1. Asciugate i begli occhi. Madrigale 14, Libro quinto
8. Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum, for orchestra: 2. Ma tu, cagion di quella. Madrigale 18, Libro quinto
9. Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum, for orchestra: 3. Belta poi che t'assenti. Madrigale 2, Libro sesto
Disc: 20
1. Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769: Choral
2. Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769: Variation 1 (In canone all'Ottava)
3. Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769: Variation 2 (Alio modo canone alla
4. Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769: Variation 3 (In canone alla Settim
5. Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769: Variation 4 (In canone all' Ottava
6. Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769: Variation 5 (L'altra sorte del can
7. King of the Stars (Zvezdoliki), cantata for male chorus & orchestra
8. Ave Maria, for chorus a cappella (after Bogoroditse D'vo)
9. Credo, for chorus
10. Pater Noster, for chorus
11. Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra: A Lyke-Wake Dirge (Versus 1. Prelude)
12. Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra: Ricercar 1 (Soprano) The maidens came
13. Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra: A Lyke-Wake Dirge (Versus 2. 1st Interlude)
14. Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra: Ricercar 2 (Tenor) Tommorrow shall be (Sacred History)
15. Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra: A Lyke-Wake Dirge (Versus 3. 2nd Interlude)
16. Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra: Westron Wind (Soprano and Tenor)
17. Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra: A Lyke-Wake Dirge (Versus 4. Postlude)
18. Mass, for chorus & double wind quintet: Kyrie
19. Mass, for chorus & double wind quintet: Gloria
20. Mass, for chorus & double wind quintet: Credo
21. Mass, for chorus & double wind quintet: Sanctus
22. Mass, for chorus & double wind quintet: Agnus Dei
23. Babel, cantata for reciter, male chorus & orchestra (for collaborative cantata 'Genesis Suite')
Disc: 21
1. Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra: Dedicatio
2. Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra: 1. Euntes in Mundum
3. Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra: 2. Surge, aquilo
4. Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra: 3. Ad Tres Virtutes Hortationes (Caritas
5. Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra: 4. Jesus autem ait illi
6. Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra: 5. Illi autem profecti
7. Introitus: T. S. Eliot in Memoriam, for male chorus & chamber ensemble
8. A Sermon, a Narrative & a Prayer, cantata for 2 vocal soloists, reciter, chorus & orchestra: 1. A Sermon (from St. Paul)
9. A Sermon, a Narrative & a Prayer, cantata for 2 vocal soloists, reciter, chorus & orchestra: 2. A Narrative, The Stoning of St. Steph
10. A Sermon, a Narrative & a Prayer, cantata for 2 vocal soloists, reciter, chorus & orchestra: 3. A Prayer (from Thomas Dekker)
11. Anthem: The Dove Descending Breaks the Air, for chorus
12. Threni: id est Lamentationes Jerimiæ Prophetæ, for 6 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: Incipit
13. Threni: id est Lamentationes Jerimiæ Prophetæ, for 6 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: De Elegia Prima
14. Threni: id est Lamentationes Jerimiæ Prophetæ, for 6 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: De Elegia Terita: 1. Querimonia / 2. Sensus
15. Threni: id est Lamentationes Jerimiæ Prophetæ, for 6 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: De Elegia Quinta: Oratorio Jeremiae Propheta
Disc: 22
1. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
2. Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra
3. Epitaphium für das Grabmal des Prinzen Max Egon zu Fürstenberg, for flute, clarinet & harp
4. Double Canon, for string quartet ('Raoul Dufy in Memoriam')
5. Abraham and Isaac, sacred ballad for voice & chamber orchestra
6. Variations: Aldous Huxley in Memoriam, for orchestra
7. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 1. Prelude
8. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 2. Exaudi
9. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 3. Dies Irae
10. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 4. Tuba mirum
11. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 5. Interude
12. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 6. Rex tremendae
13. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 7. Lacrimosa
14. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 8. Libera me
15. Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra: 9. Postlude
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5Igor and I: 53 years and 22 CDs: a lifetime in a box.Aug 20, 2007
By RENS
I began listening to the works of Igor Stravinsky about 53 years ago, when I was 13. Over my lifetime I've listened to every work ever recorded and each in as many versions as possible. A highlight of my life was singing the Symphony of Psalms as a member of the Oberlin College Choir under Stravinsky's direction in 1963. It was half an hour outside of time and space. I remember him in his tuxedo, sitting on a stool with a white turkish towel about his shoulders, like a prize fighter, smiling at each of us as we passed by to take our places on the stage. I remember how everyone in the concert hall rose as one person when he set foot on the stage. I remember the total silence that fell upon the hall before the music began. I remember him, old and rather hunched over, raising his arthritic hands to lead us, to lead us ... and then suddenly a torrent of time and sound rushed in; it was over and there was clapping and shouting and crying. Later he said to our conductor, Robert Fountain, "Your chorus makes a most delicious sound."

And now SONY has issued this giant bargain box of the great majority of the recorded performances to which that mega-corporation now has access - and at an amazingly low price. Thank you, SONY/BMG! But also: shame on you, SONY/BMG! The annotation is terribly inadequate, even for a bargain box. The casual listener doesn't have necessary information; the serious listener doesn't have important information; and the musician / scholar who knows the scores by heart hears what the annotations do not tell. Which version of the Firebird is it? The 1910 original or the 1945 revision? We are told much later that the suite excerpted from the ballet is the 1919 version. We read that Petrouchka is done in the original 1911 version, but actually it is the 1947 version. Stravinsky recorded the 1911 version earlier, in mono, with the New York Philharmonic. The same disc contains the Rite of Spring without indication of which version, the original of 1913 or the 1947 scaled down revision. And so on and on. This is vital information that it would have taken an editor but a few hours to add to the skimpy booklet included in the big box.

There is no indication that any of the performances that first appeared on CD as early as 1986 or so have been remastered. All have of course been transferred from some analogue master at some time or another, but nowhere do we find the standard information telling us whether a recording is AAD or ADD. To my ears the recordings sound the same as the original CD releases in the mid to late 1980s or the "original cover" release about 1991 (the most recent (P) date to appear anywhere in the present box). The sound varies from recording to recording in matters of bass resonance or harshness in the higher ranges, especially in the strings.

Particularly disappointing in this 22 CD collection is the use yet again of the 1961 stereo recording of Oedipus Rex. The sound is raw, the soloists strain their voices, the chorus sounds small and over-miked, and the orchestral sound is muddy. Altogether preferable as a greater performance and a far better recording is the 1951 Oedipus Rex with Stravinsky conducting the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. The superb soloists include Peter Pears, Martha Moedl and Heinz Rehfuss, the chorus sings spot on pitch and tempo and is clearly but not too closely miked, and the orhcestral sound is rich and detailed. Moreover, Stravinsky brings greater energy and nuance to his conducting. The narration is given a somewhat over the top presentation in French by Jean Cocteau. Perhaps because it is a monophonic recording, SONY has let it sit in the vaults, to the best of my knowledge never reissuing it on CD. This is true as well of other fine monophonic recordings from the 1950s, including great performances in fine sound with Stravinsky conducting the Cleveland Orchestra. In some cases these would have been musically preferable to the later stereo remakes. They might even have been included alongside of the remakes for purposes of comparison.

Although ballet suites are included in addition to complete ballets, the variant orchestrations of a major work such as Les Noces are not included (as they were on the LP, under Craft's direction). This gift horse is a fine thoroughbred and a grand prize winner, but when you look it in the mouth, some of the teeth are missing.

Every performance is a revelation and worth repeated listening, but as I have indicated, that doesn't mean that every or any performance is the best or even one of the best of the recorded versions available. As other reviewers have noted, it is well to explore other versions on CD and DVD, some more recent and some recorded even earlier than those in this box. I think of conductors such as Tilson Thomas, Salonen, Gergiev, Gardiner, Colin Davis, Kondrashin, Haitink, Boulez, Markevitch, Monteux, Koussevitzky, and Van Beinum, and I am sure readers will think of others. But works of genius require many interpretations and many performances to reveal the fullness of their beauty, and so it is with most of Stravinsky's compositions.

Stravinsky left us what is surely one of the greatest musical legacies of the 20th century; some would argue the greatest, because his compositions track the stylistic developments of the century from its beginning to 1966 and explore nearly the complete range of known musical forms. Indeed, he absorbed the entire course of western music history into his art, but whether he is paying homage to Machaut, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Russian folk songs, Louis Armstrong, Schoenberg or Webern, his works always sound like Stravinsky.

For goodness' sake: buy the box, listen, and let the music make you new again.

60 of 60 found the following review helpful:

5The prime Stravinsky collectionAug 01, 2007
By LJM
Stravinsky conducted by Stravinsky - this super bargain set collects the famous recordings that Stravinsky made of his own works for CBS (now owned by SONY). Even if there are many fine recordings of the core of Stravinsky's works, for instance Ansermet's (Decca) and Ancerl's (Supraphon), the composer's own legacy must be seen as the first choice for any Stravinsky collector - or, indeed, by anyone who wants to have the basic Stravinsky repertoire at home.

This boxed set of 22 CDs contains more Stravinsky music than any other contemporary box, and the price is a complete steal (less than $2.5 for each CD, and even cheaper if you buy it used).

Here are some examples of what you get for your money:

- The early ballets: Firebird, Petroushka, Rite of Spring, Les Noces, Pulcinella, and the later, neo-classical ones (e.g., Agon, Apollon).
- The symphonies (in E and in C and in Three Movements).
- Oedipus Rex and The Rake's Progress.
- Chamber music, such as Ragtime, Septet and Octet.
- Jazz suites, and the piano concerto.
- Songs and choral works, such as the Mass, the Cantata and the Symphony of Psalms.
- Later works, such as Threni.
- And much more... (including the Robert Craft recordings that Stravinsky supervised).

(For a complete listing of the content on each CD, see SONY's German Webpage.)

Sound quality is vintage analogue from the sixties, generally very fine and remastered as well. In addition, the box is of the slim cardboard kind, with each CD in a cardboard sleeve. Booklet is included, but (unfortunately) no texts and translations of libretti.

In short, this is an essential set. Warmly recommended even if you already have individual Stravinsky by Stravinsky recordings - I suggest you use them as presents to friends and relatives. Grab and save this one!


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5A list of the Works of Igor StravinskyMay 07, 2009
By K. MIURA "koshiro"
DISC 1

Ballets Vol. 1

The Firebird (ballet)
Scherzo à la Russe
Scherzo fantastique*
Fireworks
CBC Symphony Orchestra*
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1961, 1962, 1963)

DISC 2

Ballets Vol. 2

Petrushka (ballet)
The Rite of Spring (ballet)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1960)

DISC 3

Ballets Vol. 3

The Wedding (ballet)
Samuel Barber, piano
Aaron Copland, piano
Lukas Foss, piano
Roger Sessions, piano
The American Concert Choir
Columbia Percussion Ensemble
Renard the Fox (ballet)
The Soldier's Tale (Suite)
Columbia Chamber Ensemble
(Recorded in 1959, 1961, 1962)

DISC 4

Ballets Vol. 4

Apollo (Apollon Musagete) (ballet)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Agon (ballet)
Los Angels Festival Symphony Orchestra
Card Game (ballet)
Cleveland Orchestra
(Recorded in 1957, 1964)

DISC 5

Ballets Vol. 5

Scènes de ballet
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Bluebird - Pas de deux
The Fairy's Kiss (ballet)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1963, 1964, 1965)

DISC 6

Ballets Vol. 6

Pulcinella (ballet)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Orpheus (ballet)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1964, 1965)

DISC 7

Ballets Vol. 7 (Suites)

Petrushka (Suite)
Pulcinella (Suite)
The Firebird (Suite)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1960, 1965, 1967)

DISC 8

Symphony in E flat, Op. 1 - Rehearsals and Talks
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1966)

DISC 9

Symphonies

Symphony in Three Movements
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Symphony in C
Symphony of Psalms
CBC Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1961, 1962, 1963)

DISC 10

Concertos

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Philippe Entremont, Piano
Movements for Piano and Orchestra
Chales Rosen, Piano
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Philippe Entremont, Piano
Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra
Isaac Stern, Violin
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966)

DISC 11

Miniature Masterpieces

Greeting Prelude
Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra
Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra
Concerto in E flat for Chamber Orchestra, "Dumbarton Oaks"
Four Norwegian Moods for Orchestra
Circus Polka
Concerto in D for String Orchestra, "Basle Concerto"
Eight Instrumental Miniatures
Four Etudes for Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
CBC Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1962, 1963, 1964)

DISC 12

Chamber Music & Historical Recordings Vol. 1

Preludium for Jazz Ensemble
Concertino for 12 Instruments
Octet for Wind Instruments
Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Ragtime for 11 Instruments
Tango
Septet
Pastorale
Ebony Concerto for Clarinet solo and Big Band
Benny Goodman, Clarinet
Columbia Jazz Ensemble
Columbia Chamber Ensemble
(Recorded in 1961, 1962, 1965)
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Symphonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen
(Recorded in 1951, MONO)

DISC 13

Chamber Music & Historical Recordings Vol. 2

Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano
Joseph Szigeti, Violin
Igor Stravinsky, Piano
(Recorded in 1945, MONO)
Serenade in A
Igor Stravinsky, Piano
(Recorded in 1934, MONO)
Concerto for 2 Solo Pianos
Igor Stravinsky, Piano
Soulima Stravinsky, Piano
(Recorded in 1938, MONO)
Piano-Rag Music
Igor Stravinsky, Piano
(Recorded in 1938, MONO)
Sonata for 2 Pianos
Arthur Gold, Piano
Robert Fizdale, Piano
Sonata for Piano
Charles Rosen, Piano
(Recorded in 1960, 1961)

DISC 14

Operas

The Nightingale (Opera)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Society of Washington D. C.
Mavra (Opera)
CBC Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1960, 1964)

DISC 15

35 Songs

Faun and Shepherdess
Two Poems of Paul Verlaine
Two Poems of Konstantin Bal'mont
Three Japanese Lyrics
Three Little Songs
Pleasant Songs
Cat's Cradle Songs
Four Russian Pleasant Songs
Four Songs
Three Songs of William Shakespeare
In Memorium Dylan Thomas.
Elegy for J. F. K.
The Owl and The Pussy-cat
Tilim - Bom / Klabum - klabam
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Chamber Ensemble
(Recorded in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1966, 1968)

DISC 16, 17

The Rake's Progress (Opera in Three Acts)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Recorded in 1964)

DISC 18

Oratorio - Melodrama Vol. 1

Oedipus Rex (Opera - Oratorio in two acts after Sophocles)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Society of Washington D. C.
The Flood (A Musical Play)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1961, 1962)

DISC 19

Oratorio - Melodrama Vol. 2

Persèphone (Melodrama in three parts)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Ode (Elegiacal chant in three parts)
Cleveland Orchestra
Monumentum Pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad DISC Annum
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1960, 1964, 1966)

DISC 20

Sacred Works Vol. 1

Chorale Variations
on the German Christmas Carol
"Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"
Johann Sebatian Bach
(Arrangement Igor Stravinsky)
Zvezdoliki
Ave Maria
Credo
Pater Noster
Cantata (Anonym 15th/16th Century lyrics)
Mass
Babel
CBC Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)

DISC 21

Sacred Works Vol. 2

Canticum Sacrum ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis
Los Angels Festival Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Introitus
Columbia Chamber Ensemble
A Sermon, A Narrative and A Prayer
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Anthem
Festival Singers of Toronto
Threni (id est lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(Recorded in 1957, 1959, 1962, 1966)

DISC 22

Robert Craft conducts under the supervision of Igor Stravinsky

Song of the Nightingale
Dances Concertantes
Epitaphum
Double Canon
Abraham and Isaac
Variations
Requiem Canticles
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Chamber Ensemble
(Recorded in 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969)

41 of 43 found the following review helpful:

5Yes, Yes, OMG yesAug 03, 2007
By Joe Barron
Here we have an extraordinary set that belongs in everyone's music library---twenty-two CDs, the entire catalog of the recordings Stravinsky made for Columbia, at an amazing bargain price. Everything is here: the ballets, songs, symphonies, chamber music, short pieces, cantatas and operas, including the complete Rake's Progress. The Firebird, Pulcinella and Petrushka ballets appear both in full versions and as suites. With a few exceptions (A Soldier's Tale appears only as a suite, without narration), it's all the Stravinky you will ever need.
The collection includes some historic performances from as early as the 1930s, with the composer at the piano, but most of the pressings date from the late fifties to mid-sixties, and the stereo sound remains fresh. Some individual pieces are better recorded elsewhere --- listeners would do well to seek out Rite of Springs by Gergiev, Solti, or Abbado --- but as a group, they make a strong impression, and I have not found better, more infectious readings of the Symphony in C, Jeu des Cartes or the Symphony in Three Movements. The voices of Adrienne Albert in the Cantata and the Gregg Smith Singers in the Mass deserve special mention. For me, they make the recordings offered here definitive. (Some other personnel is surprising. The piano quartet in Les Noces consists of the composers Aaron Copland, Roger Sessions, Samuel Barber and Lukas Foss.)
Stravinsky was getting along in years when he arrived at the Columbia studios, and he was not generally well regarded as a conductor in any case, but his performances benefit from the steady guiding hand of Robert Craft, who rehearsed the musicians in advance of the recording sessions, and who is indeed a fine conductor, as he has proven in his own recordings of Webern and Varese. "Robert is my ears," Stravinsky said. There is no higher compliment, I suppose, and Craft deserved it. These recordings are his greatest contribution to Stravinsky's legacy.
The brief notes in the booklet are not everything one could wish, but they never are in bargain boxes like this. Sony has been sitting for years on a treasure trove of historic Columbia recordings it has not seen fit to release on CD. We should be grateful that for once, they did something right.

53 of 57 found the following review helpful:

3No texts???? Big problem...Dec 15, 2007
By Michael Suh
I own the old box set. True, it takes up a lot of shelf space. The recordings are exactly the same as this set, presented in the exact same order. So I thought I'd buy this new set and sell the old one. But I decided I would NEVER give up the old set to save money without the texts or information contained in the booklets included in the old set.

Virtually every booklet in the old set has comments from Stravinsky on his own works. Some of these comments are priceless -- he dryly notes that since the premiere of his Variations (Aldous Huxley in memoriam), "the music has been analyzed more than it has been performed." Don't you want to read Stravinsky implicitly acknowledging and defending the mediocrity of The Rake's Progress?

How on earth can you listen to Les Noces coherently if you don't know the voices interchange parts? Renard loses its humor and zip without understanding that Renard the Fox is dressed up as a nun -- but how would you know that unless you read the stage directions included? Persephone and Le Rossignol, both gorgeous musical works, are hopelessly lost in translation unless you know French, and understanding the texts add to the beauty. It goes on and on, because Stravinsky wrote a lot of vocal and choral music.

These booklets are just as valuable as the music itself -- they provide context and clarity to what is being presented. Other reviewers look at this as a minor flaw. Unless you have a deep and intimate knowledge of Stravinsky and his works, I think it's a huge shortcoming; the original booklets aren't minor trifles. They're several hundred pages of text and pictures that really add depth to Stravinsky's work and life.

5 stars for the music, sure, except the Oedipus (as other people have noted, the recording here is AWFUL). But I insist that you should try to find the original release of this box and buy it. Or beg, borrow, or steal it from someone -- then you'll realize how much is missing here.

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