This page lists all recordings of Scènes de ballet, by Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky (1882-1971) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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Stravinsky: | Jeu de cartes Commissioned by George Balanchine, Jeu de cartes is a prime example of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas emerging helter-skelter from Stravinsky’s imagination. Unlike his other ballets, it contains no slow music and no lovers’ pas-de-deux adagio. Philharmonia Orchestra Danses Concertantes Danses concertantes was the first large-scale piece composed entirely in what was to be Stravinsky’s Hollywood home for the next 24 years. Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble Scènes de ballet Orchestra of St. Luke’s Variations London Philharmonic Orchestra Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (Rubies from the ballet Jewels) Mark Wait (piano) Orchestra of St. Luke’s |
First performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Robert Craft, Variations are the densest music Stravinsky ever wrote, yet the ingenious rhythmic structures allow every note to be heard. Ezra Pound, in a balcony at the Teatro La Fenice for a September 1934 performance of the Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, wrote: “the piano and orchestra are as two shells of a walnut”. Alban Berg, who had shared the same concert with Stravinsky, remarked to the latter: “I wish I could write such happy music” | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Recorded: Royal Albert Hall, London, 18 August 1987 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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Historic performances | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| Leonard Bernstein - Stravinsky / ShostakovichThe Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris & Homero Francesch Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Members of the English Bach Festival Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein "In the music of Stravinsky, Bernstein was indispensable" (Gramophone) | DG - 4775193 (CD - 6 discs) £34.99 (£29.78 ex. VAT) |
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| |  | Works of Igor StavinskyA re-issue of the legendary 22 CD Sony Complete Edition "The Recorded Legacy", available now at astonishing value.
"...in terms of archival importance, [Stravinsky's] discography, especially the Columbia recordings now reissued on Sony Classical, is the greatest landmark in the history of recorded music from the classical tradition." The New York Times, June 1999 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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