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Igor Stravinsky Discography
This is a listing of all of Igor Stravinsky's commercially released studio recordings as a conductor or as a pianist; it also includes recordings conducted by Robert Craft "under the supervision of the composer." Works are arranged in chronological order by date of composition. Symphony in E-flat *Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky (May 2, 1966 – Hollywood) The Faun and the Shepherdess *Mary Simmons (m-s); CBC Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky (May 7–8, 1964 – Toronto) Pastorale *Samuel Dushkin (vn); Gromer (ob); Durand (Eng hn); Vacelier (cl); Grandmaison (bsn); Igor Stravinsky (Jun. 6, 1933 – Paris) *Joseph Szigeti (vn); Mitchell Miller (ob); R. McGinnis (cl); D. Gassman (Eng hn); Sol Schoenbach (bsn); Igor Stravinsky (Feb. 9, 1946 – New York) *Israel Baker (vn); Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Igor Stravinsky (Oct. 26, 1965 – Hollywood) Scherzo fantastique *CBC Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky (Dec. 1, 1962 – Toronto) Feu d'artifice (Fireworks) * Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ''The Firebird'' (1910), ''Petrushka'' (1911), and ''The Rite of Spring'' (1913). The last transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as a revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design. His "Russian phase", which continued with works such as '' Renard'', ''L'Histoire du soldat,'' and ''Les noces'', was followed in the 1920s by a period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Roi Des étoiles
''Le roi des étoiles'' (''The King of the Stars''; russian: Звездоликий, translit=Zvezdolikiy) is a cantata by Igor Stravinsky, composed in 1911–12. It is set to a text by the Russian poet Konstantin Balmont and published in 1913 by P. Jurgenson. The original Russian title literally means "Star-face" or "The Star-Faced One". The work is more commonly known by the French title as translated by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi. The work is very rarely performed, primarily because it is written for an unusually large orchestra — quadruple woodwind, eight horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, tam-tam (the entire percussion section only plays in one measure), two harps, celesta, and heavily divided strings—plus six-part men's chorus — and because it lasts barely five minutes and encompasses just 54 measures. Claude Debussy, to whom the work is dedicated, praised the work in a 1913 letter to the composer; though describing it as "extraordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwynn Parry Jones
Parry Jones (14 February 1891 – 26 December 1963), known early in his career as Gwynn Jones, was a Welsh tenor of the mid-twentieth century. Life and career Gwynn Parry Jones was born in Blaina, Monmouthshire. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and in Weimar and Milan. Among his teachers were John Coates and Albert Visetti. Jones made his debut in 1914 and shortly thereafter went on an opera and concert tour to the United States. He was returning to England aboard the RMS ''Lusitania'' in May 1915 when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. Over 1000 passengers and crew died, but Jones was one of 761 survivors. He joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in July 1917 playing principal tenor roles in Gilbert and Sullivan's ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', ''Iolanthe'', ''Princess Ida'', and '' The Yeomen of the Guard''. He then joined the Beecham Opera Company and later was a founder member of the British National Opera Company. At this time he changed his professional name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Noces
''Les Noces'' (French for The Wedding; russian: Свадебка, ''Svadebka'') is a ballet and orchestral concert work composed by Igor Stravinsky for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists. The composer gave it the descriptive title "Choreographed Scenes with Music and Voices" and dedicated it to impresario Sergei Diaghilev. Though initially intended to serve as a ballet score, it is often performed without dance. The ballet premiered under the musical direction of Ernest Ansermet at the Ballets Russes with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska on 13 June 1923, in Paris. Several versions of the score have been performed, either substituting orchestra for the percussion and pianos or using pianolas in accordance with a version of the piece that Stravinsky abandoned without completing. Composition Stravinsky first conceived of writing the ballet in 1913 and completed it in short score by October 1917. He wrote the libretto himself using Russian wedding lyrics taken prima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Smith Singers
The Gregg Smith Singers is a mixed chorus from the United States, directed by Gregg Smith (August 21, 1931 – July 12, 2016). The group, which comprises 16 singers, was founded at an all-Japanese Methodist church in West Los Angeles, California in 1955, while Smith was studying for his master's degree in music at the University of California, Los Angeles. The group moved to New York in 1970. The group's repertoire ranges from the colonial-era American compositions of William Billings to contemporary works by Morton Feldman as well as many works by Smith himself. They have also performed works by William Duckworth, Arnold Schoenberg, Elliott Carter, Charles Ives, Earle Brown, Edwin London, Blas Galindo, Jorge Córdoba, Harold Blumenfeld, Irving Fine, Morton Gould, William Schuman, Louise Talma, Arthur Sullivan, and Ned Rorem, as well as early music by composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli and Heinrich Schütz. They have also made a well received yuletide album entitled "Christmas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shirley
George Irving Shirley (born April 18, 1934) is an American operatic tenor, and was the first African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Early life Shirley was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree in music education from Wayne State University in 1955 and then was drafted into the Army, where he became the first Black member of the United States Army Chorus.Randye Jones"George Shirley (b. 1934)" Afrocentric Voices, retrieved June 10, 2014. He was also the first African American hired to teach music in Detroit high schools."Surviving Odds to Become a Star: George Shirley" '' |
Renard (Stravinsky)
(The Fox: burlesque tale sung and played) is a one-act chamber opera-ballet by Igor Stravinsky, written in 1916. The Russian text by the composer was based on Russian folk tales from the collection by Alexander Afanasyev. The full Russian name of the piece is (– The Fable of the Vixen, the Cock, the Cat and the Goat. A burlesque for the stage with singing and music). History In April 1915, Winnaretta Singer, Princesse Edmond de Polignac, commissioned Stravinsky to write a piece that could be played in her salon. She paid the composer 2,500 Swiss francs. The work was completed in Morges, Switzerland in 1916, and Stravinsky himself made a staging plan, trying to avoid any resemblance to conventional operatic staging . He created, rather, a new form of theatre in which the acrobatic dance is connected with singing, and the declamation comments on the musical action. However, the piece was never performed in the salon of the princess. It was not in fact staged until 1922. The pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pribaoutki
''Pribaoutki'' () is a cycle of four songs composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1914 to Russian texts by Alexander Afanasyev. Its Russian title has no direct English equivalent, although Richard Taruskin suggests "nonsense rhymes" or "jingles." (The French subtitle appearing in the score, ', is descriptive, not a translation.) ''Pribaoutki'' takes about four minutes to perform. Songs The titles of the four songs are: # "Kornílo" ("Uncle Kornilo") # "Natashka" ("Little Natalie") # "Polkovnik" ("The Colonel") # "Starets i zayats" ("The Old Man and the Hare") Instrumentation ''Pribaoutki'' is written for low voice and instrumental ensemble. Stravinsky is said to have preferred a male singer, although the work is commonly performed by mezzo-soprano or contralto. The eight-member ensemble consists of: flute, oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. History ''Pribaoutki'' was composed between June and September 1914, just as World War I w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loren Driscoll
Loren Driscoll (April 14, 1928 – April 8, 2008) was an American tenor who had an active international career from the 1950s through the mid-1980s. Driscoll was particularly noted for his performances in contemporary operas and sang in many world premieres. Biography Driscoll was born in Midwest, Wyoming and after studies at Syracuse University and Boston University made his professional operatic debut in 1954 as Dr. Cajus in Verdi's ''Falstaff'' with Opera of Boston. During the late 1950s and early 1960s Driscoll sang several roles with Santa Fé Opera. He made his company debut there in 1957 as Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky's ''The Rake's Progress'' and went on to sing Edgar Linton in the world premiere of Carlisle Floyd's ''Wuthering Heights'' (1958) and Hermann in the United States premiere of Paul Hindemith's ''Neues vom Tage'' (1961). In 1962 Driscoll became a principal singer with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and remained based with company for the next 25 years, while also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Bonazzi
Elaine Bonazzi (August 28, 1929 – January 29, 2019) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1990s. A singer with an unusually broad repertoire that encompassed both classical and contemporary works, she notably created roles in the world premieres of operas by composers Dominick Argento, David Carlson, Carlisle Floyd, Gian Carlo Menotti, Thomas Pasatieri, and Ned Rorem. In the United States she was particularly active with the New York City Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Washington National Opera. Life and career Born in Endicott, New York in 1929, Bonazzi earned a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music in 1951. She then pursued graduate music studies at Hunter College and the Juilliard School, and studied privately with Elda Ercole in New York City. In 1955 she was the contralto soloist in Johann Sebastian Bach's ''Mass in B minor'' with the Oratorio Society of New York at Hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reri Grist
Reri Grist (born February 29, 1932) is an American coloratura soprano, one of the pioneer African-American singers to enjoy a major international career in opera. Biography Reri Grist was born in New York City, grew up in the East River Housing Projects, attended the High School of Music & Art, majored in voice and graduated with a BA in Music from Queens College, City University of New York. In her early teens she performed on Broadway in small roles with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, including Robert Ardrey's 1946 play '' Jeb'', and in musicals with Eartha Kitt, while taking voice lessons with her teacher, Claire Gelda. Her first opera engagement was as Madame Herz in a concert performance of Mozart's ''Der Schauspieldirektor''. Her first staged "operatic" engagement was in 1956 as Cindy Lou (Micaela) in ''Carmen Jones'', Oscar Hammerstein's adaptation of Bizet's '' Carmen''. She was Consuelo in the original production of Leonard Bernstein's musical ''West Side Story'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingale (opera)
, description = ''conte lyrique'' , librettist = , based_on = , premiere_date = , premiere_location = Palais Garnier, Paris ''The Nightingale'' (Russian: Соловей – ''Solovyei''; French: ''Le Rossignol'') is a Russian '' conte lyrique'' in three acts by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, based on the 1843 tale " The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen, was written by the composer and Stepan Mitusov. It was first performed on 26 May 1914 by the Ballets Russes at the Palais Garnier in Paris. Stravinsky had begun work on the opera in 1908, but put it aside for several years after he had received the commission from Sergei Diaghilev for the ballet ''The Firebird''. He completed it in 1914, after he had completed his other two major ballets for Diaghilev, ''Petrushka'' and ''The Rite of Spring''. Because the time between the writing of the first and second acts extended over six years, stylistically the work reflects Stravinsky's significantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
