STRAVINSKY: Igor Stravinsky - A Portrait (NICE)

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The Firebird (original version) (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


1. Introduction - 2:32
2. Scene 1: Night. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden - 1:40
3. Scene 1: The Firebird enters, pursued by Ivan Tsarevich - 2:16
4. Scene 1: The Firebird's Dance - 1:11


3 Movements from Petrushka (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Peter Hill, piano


5. I. Danse russe - 2:19
6. II. Chez Petrouchka - 4:33


Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


7. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Introduction - - 3:32
8. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring (Dance of the Young Girls) - - 3:14
9. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of Abduction - - 1:22
10. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Spring Rounds (Round Dance) - - 3:11
11. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of the Rival Tribes - - 1:52
12. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Procession of the Sage - - 0:40
13. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Sage - - 0:28
14. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Dance of the Earth - 1:16


3 Pieces (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky


15. No. 1. — - 0:55
16. No. 2. — - 2:10


Berceuses du chat (Cat's Cradle Songs) (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Brett Kelly
Ingrid Silveus, mezzo-soprano


17. No. 2. On the Stove - 0:42
18. No. 1. At Home … - 1:06
19. No. 4. Dodo - 1:24
20. No. 3. The Cat Has … - 0:52


Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Northern Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Nicholas Ward


21. Part II: Tango - 2:08
22. Part II: Valse - 1:55
23. Part II: Ragtime - 2:08


Les noces (The Wedding): Scene 4: The Wedding Feast (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft
Martyn Hill, tenor
Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Alan Ewing, bass
Alison Wells, soprano
Produced by: Walton, Eleanor


24. Les noces (The Wedding): Scene 4: The Wedding Feast - 10:07


Pulcinella (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Stefan Sanderling
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Produced by: Walton, Eleanor


25. Serenata: Larghetto (Pergolesi: Il Flaminio, Act I: Polidoro) - 2:57
26. Scherzino (Gallo: Trio Sonata No. 2: Movement I) - 1:50
27. Allegro (Gallo: Trio Sonata No. 2: Movement III) - 1:12
28. Andantino (Gallo: Trio Sonata No. 8: Movement III) - 1:31
29. Allegro (Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnammorato, Act I: Vanella) - 1:44


Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920 version) (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


30. Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920 version) - 7:52


Piano Sonata: II. Adagietto (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Peter Hill, piano


31. Piano Sonata: II. Adagietto - 5:21

Otche nash' (Pater noster) (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


1. Otche nash' (Pater noster) - 1:22


Oedipus rex: Epilogue (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft
Martyn Hill, tenor
Edward Fox, narrator
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Cornwell, tenor
Andrew Greenan, bass
David Wilson-Johnson, bass-baritone


2. Oedipus rex: Epilogue - 6:37


Apollo, "Apollon musagete" (1947 version) (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


3. Pas de deux: Apollo and Terpsichore - 4:06
4. Coda: Apollo and the Muses - 3:24


Symphony of Psalms: III. Psalm 150, "Laudate Dominum" (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


5. Symphony of Psalms: III. Psalm 150, "Laudate Dominum" - 11:34


Concerto for 2 Pianos: I. Con moto (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Peter Hill, piano
Benjamin Frith, piano


6. Concerto for 2 Pianos: I. Con moto - 5:44


Violin Concerto in D major: III. Aria II (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft
Jennifer Frautschi, violin


7. Violin Concerto in D major: III. Aria II - 5:01


Concerto in E flat major, "Dumbarton Oaks": I. Tempo giusto (more info)
Performed by: Northern Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Nicholas Ward


8. Concerto in E flat major, "Dumbarton Oaks": I. Tempo giusto - 4:53


Tango (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Peter Hill, piano


9. Tango - 3:35


Danses concertantes: No. 1. Marche - Introduction (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Stefan Sanderling


10. Danses concertantes: No. 1. Marche - Introduction - 2:09


Symphony in 3 Movements: III. Con moto (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: En Shao


11. Symphony in 3 Movements: III. Con moto - 6:13


Concerto for Strings in D major: II. Arioso: Andantino (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Richard Studt


12. Concerto for Strings in D major: II. Arioso: Andantino - 2:46


Mass: Sanctus (more info)
Performed by: St. Luke's Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


13. Mass: Sanctus - 3:17


Orpheus: Scene 3: Orpheus's apotheosis: Lento sostenuto (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


14. Orpheus: Scene 3: Orpheus's apotheosis: Lento sostenuto - 2:37


The Rake's Progress (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Munich Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Julius Rudel
Samuel Ramey, bass


15. Act II Scene 1: I was never saner. - 4:12
16. Act III Scene 2: I burn! I freeze! - 1:53


Agon (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: St. Luke's Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


17. Second Pas de trois: Bransle Simple - 0:54
18. Bransle Gay - 0:45
19. Bransle Double (Bransle de Poitou) - 1:22


Canticum sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis: Surge, aquilo (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft
David Evitts, baritone
Jon Humphries, tenor


20. Canticum sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis: Surge, aquilo - 2:22


Requiem Canticles (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


21. Libera me - 1:17
22. Postlude - 2:07

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