John Ringer - Portrait - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

From the Russian fairy-tale enchantment of The Firebird to the austere ritual at the end of his Requiem Canticles composed over half a century later, Stravinsky's extraordinary creativity embraces a range of styles and tributes to composers of the past. He started under the guidance of Rimsky-Korsakov in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg and ended his life in America having made a very special kind of peace with the rigorous (serial) techniques of Schoenberg and Webern. Yet his homage's are always heartfelt, and he always remains himself truly the most comprehensive and wide-ranging musical genius of the twentieth century. Album Tracks 1. Introduction 2. Scene I Night. Kashchey's Enchanted Garden 3. Scene I The Firebird Enters, Pursued By Ivan Tsarevich 4. Scene I The Firebird's Dance 5. Movement 1 Danse Russe 6. Movement 2 Chez Pã©Trouchka 7. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. Introduction 8. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. the Augurs of Spring (Dance of the Young Girls) 9. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of Abduction 10. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. Spring Rounds 11. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of the Rival Tribes 12. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. Procession of the Sage 13. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. the Sage 14. Part I The Adoration of the Earth. Dance of the Earth 15. No. 1 16. No. 2 17. On the Stove 18. At Home 19. Dodo 20. The Cat Has 21. Tango 22. Valse 23. Ragtime 24. Scene 4 The Wedding Feast 25. Act 1. Polidoro. Il Flaminio (Serenata - Larghetto) 26. Act 1. Trio Sonata. Movement 2 (Scherzino) 27. Act 1. Trio Sonata. Movement 3 (Allegro) 28. Act 1. Trio Sonata. Movement 8 (Andantino) 29. Act 1. Vanella. Lo Frante 'Nnammorato. (Allegro) 30. Movement 2 Adagietto 1. Epilogue 2. Pas de Deux Apollo and Terpsichore 3. Coda Apollo and t