Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performer: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Soloists Ensemble
Conductor: Alexander Lazarev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Melodiya
Catalogue: MEL CO 1086
Release: 1984/1985
Size: 451 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Octet for Wind Instruments
02. I. Sinfonia
03. II. Tema con variazioni
04. III. Finale
Concerto in E-Flat Major “Dumbarton Oaks”
05. I. Tempo giusto
06. II. Allegretto
07. III. Con moto
Ebony Concerto
08. I. Allegro moderato
09. II. Andante
10. III. Moderato – Con moto
This album presents the most important chamber instrumental opuses of Igor Stravinsky’s thirty-year “neoclassical” period – Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Octet for Wind Instruments, the chamber concerto Dumbarton Oaks, and Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz ensemble.
After The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky establishes a new instrumental style, which later turned out to be characteristic of many phenomena in the music of the 20th century. The mass of dense orchestral sound gives way to a transparent and clear texture, an ensemble of relatively few concert instruments, where each instrumental line is highlighted and embossed, and each musician is a full-fledged soloist. The works of Stravinsky and his contemporaries – Hindemith, Schoenberg, Webern, Ives – showcase a new attitude to instrumental texture and a special, close attention to detail.
Conductor Alexander Lazarev and the ensemble of soloists of the USSR Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, which was formed on his initiative, recorded the Stravinsky chamber works in 1984.