Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra: SWR Symphonieorchester
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: SWR Music
Catalogue: SWR19156CD
Release: 2024
Size: 654 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Symphonies of Wind Instruments, K036
Agon, K088
02. Ia. Pas-de-quatre
03. Ib. Double pas-de-quatre
04. Ic. Triple pas-de-quatre
05. Prelude
06. IIa. Sarabande-Step
07. IIb. Gaillarde
08. IIc. Coda
09. Interlude I
10. IIIa. Bransle Simple
11. IIIb. Bransle Gay
12. IIIc. Bransle Double
13. Interlude II
14. IVa. Pas-de-deux
15. IVb. Coda
16. IVc. Four Duos
17. IVd. Four Trios
18. Variations, K103 “Aldous Huxley in Memoriam”
Symphony in C Major, K061
19. I. Moderato alla breve
20. II. Larghetto concertante
21. III. Allegretto
22. IV. Largo. Tempo giusto, alla breve
This album features performances of less frequently recorded orchestral works by Igor Stravinsky. They showcase the versatility of the Russian composer, who was never a supporter of any particular genre of aesthetic expression. On the contrary, he saw composing as an intellectual game, an attempt to solve self-imposed musical problems that could be kindled equally by Italian Baroque music, by the polyphonic structures of the Renaissance, by jazz, or by Anton Webern’s serial tone complexes. As both an opera conductor, orchestra director, festival director and author, Ingo Metzmacher is noted for his consistent and especial commitment to 20th- and 21st-century music. He is a frequent guest conductor of major orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble Modern, as well as at opera houses and festivals such as the Vienna State Opera, the Opéra National de Paris, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Salzburg Festival and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.