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Igor Stravinsky's Three Pieces for solo clarinet, revised and
edited by Nicholas Hare in 1993.
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Firebird (Paperback)
Igor Stravinsky
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Commissioned by Serge Diaghilev, the director of the Ballets Russes, this dazzling piece brought overnight success to its composer. Based on a series of Russian fairy tales, Stravinsky's modern masterpiece is greatly admired for its brilliant orchestration and harmony, and it remains as popular today as at its 1910 premiere.
Definitive original edition of Stravinsksy's score for the Ballets Russes masterpiece Petrushka. Finest inexpensive edition.
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Agon (Paperback)
Igor Stravinsky
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Simon Rattle conducts violinist Leonidas Kavakos and the Berliner
Philharmoniker in their annual Europa Konzert, recorded live at the
Hungarian State Opera in Budapest.
Three performances by the Nederlands Dans Theater. The choreography
by Jirí Kylián is set to Stravinsky's 'Les noces' and 'Symphony of
Psalms', and Tôru Takemitsu's 'Torso'. Among the dancers are Shane
Carroll, Nils Christe and Sabine Kupferberg.
The Kreutzer Quartet performs four 20th century pieces written for
string quartet. The quartet, comprised of Peter Sheppard Skćrved on
violin, Mihailo Trandafilovski on violin, Morgan Goff on viola and
Neil Heyde on cello, apply their talents to Stravinsky's 'Three
Pieces for String Quartet' (1914), Lutoslawski's 'String Quartet'
(1964), Ligeti's 'String Quartet No. 2' (1968) and Finnissy's
'Second String Quartet' (2007).
Pierre Boulez conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and
pianist Daniel Barenboim in this opening concert from the Salzburg
Festival of 2008. Featured works include Ravel's 'Valses nobles et
sentimentales', Bartok's 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1'
and Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite'.
Documentary about Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and his
short-lived career in the film industry. The documentary features
archive footage, movie clips from the 1940s and interviews with
both the man himself and his assistant Robert Craft.
Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic as they perform a
selection of favourites at a summer picnic concert at the Berlin
Waldbuhne in 2009.
One of the greatest of contemporary composers has here set down
in delightfully personal fashion his general ideas about music and
some accounts of his own experience as a composer. Every
concert-goer and lover of music will take keen pleasure in his
notes about the essential features of music, the process of musical
composition, inspiration, musical types, and musical execution.
Throughout the volume are to he found trenchant comments on such
subjects as Wagnerism, the operas of Verdi, musical taste, musical
snobbery, the influence of political ideas on Russian music under
the Soviets, musical improvisation as opposed to musical
construction, the nature of melody, and the function of the critic
of music. Musical people of every sort will welcome this first
presentation in English of an unusually interesting book.
Now published in The Masterworks Library. Landmark 20th century
works from the Boosey & Hawkes catalogue available for the
first time in full score format at pocket score prices with
introductory notes, illustrations and photographs. Ideal for
students, conductors, performers and libraries.
Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta performs works by Elgar, Stravinsky,
Wagner and Ligeti at the 2014 Easter Festival in Baden-Baden,
conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
Two episodes from the documentary series featuring performances by
the All-Star Orchestra, which is comprised of the best players from
30 American orchestras. As well as performances, the series
includes interviews with the players and conductor Gerard Schwarz,
providing insight into each piece of music. The episodes 'Music for
the Theatre' and 'What Makes a Masterpiece' feature works by
Stravinsky, Ravel, Bright Sheng, Beethoven and Philip Glass.
Collection of scenes from 12 productions performed at the
Glyndeboure Festival Opera over the last 13 years. The operas
featured are: 'Le nozze di Figaro', 'The Cunning Little Vixen',
'Gianni Schicchi', 'Cosi fan tutte', 'Billy Budd', 'Falstaff',
'Carmen', 'Giulio Cesare', 'Tristan und Isolde', 'The Rake's
Progress', 'La Cenerentola' and 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'.
Valery Gergiev leads the Wiener Philharmoniker in this
Russian-themed opening night of the 2012 Salzburg Festival.
Alongside performances of Stravinsky's 'Symphony of Psalms' and
Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony, Russian tenor Sergei Semishkur gives a
passionate interpretation of Mussorgsky's 'Songs and Dances of
Death'.
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony for this
performance of Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', which was
originally broadcast by the American television channel PBS in 2006
as part of the 'Keeping Score' classical music series.
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