John Ringer - Firebird Suite / Song of the Nightingale - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The repertoire on this CD extends broadly - in terms of style, genre, and chronology - across the compositional output of Igor Stravinsky. Spanning from his most celebrated score for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, InchLe Sacre du printempsInch (1913), through the neo-classical Concerto en mi bémol InchDumbarton OaksInch (1938), up to the serial InchMovementsInch (1959), the selection testifies to the enormous richness and variety of his artistic legacy. This diverse repertoire is presented here by Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams, however, from a unifying viewpoint the Inchblack and whiteInch perspective of arrangements for piano duet or two pianos that the composer himself made.

Wergo's Studio reihe series CD reissues continue with a classic recording of Stravinsky's last ballet, Agon, performed by the Sinfonie Orchester des Sedwestfunks, Baden-Baden conducted by Hans Rosbaud and originally released on LP in 1964. Agon was written.

Considered the most 'Russian'of Stravinsky' major works, the origin of the Firebird lies in the impresario Sergey Dyagilev' cost-cutting decision to concentrate on ballet, rather than opera.