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.
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
- Disc 2 -
1 Epilogue
2 Pas de Deux: Apollo and Terpsichore
3 Coda: Apollo and the Muses
4 Movement 3: Psalm 150
5 Movement I: Con Moto
6 Movement 3: Aria
7 Movement I: Tempo Giusto
8 March - Introduction
9 Movement 3: Con Moto
10 Movement 2: Arioso
11 Sanctus
12 Scene 3: Apotheosis
13 I Was Never Saner
14 I Burn! I Freze!
15 Second Pas de Trois: Bransle Simple
16 Bransle Gay
17 Bransle Double (Bransle de Pitou)
18 Movement 2. Surge, Aquilo
19 Libera Me
20 Postlude
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.
