Igor Stravinsky ItalianSwiss Radio Orchestra - 2 Suites Ragtime Octet Danses Concertantes (24 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Igor Stravinsky, Italian-Swiss Radio Orchestra
2 Suites / Ragtime / Octet / Danses Concertantes
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Stravinsky in rehearsal
2. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: No. 1, Andante
3. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: No. 2, Napolitana
4. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: No. 3, Espanola
5. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: No. 4, Balalaika
6. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: No. 1, March
7. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: No. 2, Waltz
8. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: No. 3, Polka
9. Suite No. 2, for chamber orchestra: No. 4, Galop
10. Ragtime, for 11 instruments
11. Octet for wind instruments: No. 1, Sinfonia
12. Octet for wind instruments: No. 2, Tema con variationi
13. Octet for wind instruments: No. 3, Finale
14. Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra: No. 1, 'Marche; introduction'
15. Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra: No. 2, 'Pas d'action'
16. Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra: No. 3, 'Theme varie'
17. Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra: No. 4, 'Pas de deux; risoluto'
18. Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra: No. 5, 'Marche; conclusion'
19. Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ('Dumbarton Oaks'): Tempo Giusto
20. Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ('Dumbarton Oaks'): Allegretto
21. Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ('Dumbarton Oaks'): Con moto
22. Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major ('Basel Concerto'): No. 1, Vivace
23. Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major ('Basel Concerto'): No. 2, Arioso
24. Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major ('Basel Concerto'): No. 3, Rondò

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CD Details

All Artists: Igor Stravinsky, Italian-Swiss Radio Orchestra
Title: 2 Suites / Ragtime / Octet / Danses Concertantes
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Aura Classics
Release Date: 2/22/2000
Album Type: Import
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 801439016422, 8014394521647

CD Reviews

Wonderful "Live" Stravinsky

Jeffrey Lipscomb | Sacramento, CA United States | 06/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Over the years I have collected on LP & CD virtually everything Igor Stravinsky ever conducted, including such offbeat items as his "live" recordings of Tchaikovsky's 2nd Symphony and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with soloist Erica Morini (the former on a multi-disc set available from the NY Philharmonic, and the latter on a Doremi CD). But if I were to choose just ONE CD to demonstrate Stravinsky's conducting of his own music at its lilting & rhythmically bouncy best, it would be this marvelous Aura CD. These same performances are also available in identical sound on Ermitage CD 156.

These are all "live" performances with the Swiss-Italian Radio Orchestra at Lugano from 1954-55. Except for a very brief rehearsal segment in poor sound, the sonics here are excellent. Stravinsky seems to be having a heck of a good time here: the composer presents us with renditions that are injected with more rhythmic verve and expressive little interpretive touches than just about anything else he ever recorded. An absolutely delightful disc!

Highest recommendation.

Jeff Lipscomb

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