Stravinsky: Duo Concertant / Abraham & Isaac / Requiem Canticles

12,00
 
Formát:
CD
 
 
Dostupnosť:
7-14 dní
 
 
Katalógové číslo:
8.557532
 
 
EAN kód:
0747313253227
 
 
Autori:
Igor Stravinskij, Peter Iljič Čajkovskij, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
 
 
Interpreti:
Robert Craft, Roderick Williams, Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble
 
 
Vydavateľ:
NAXOS
 
 
Zoznam skladieb
Stravinsky:


Duo concertant

Jennifer Frautschi (violin) & Jeremy Denk (piano)

Sonata for Two Pianos

Ralph van Raat and Maarten van Veen (pianos)

Requiem Canticles

Sally Burgess (contralto) & Roderick Williams (bass)

Abraham & Isaac

David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

Elegy, for solo viola

Richard O’Neill (Viola)




Tchaikovsky:


The Sleeping Beauty: 'Bluebird' Pas de deux, arranged Stravinsky
Popis
The acclaimed Naxos Robert Craft Stravinsky Edition continues with this fascinating album of diverse pieces by one of the 20th Century’s iconic composers. The Duo Concertant reconciles the contrasting timbres of violin and piano, while the breezy Sonata for Two Pianos, written in America, draws on Russian themes. The Requiem Canticles was performed at Stravinsky’s funeral, while the ‘sacred ballad’ Abraham and Isaac is a dramatic and moving retelling of the Old Testament story. The Élégie for solo viola is one of his most affecting works, and Bluebird is a loving arrangement for chamber orchestra of excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty.