Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat (Suite), etc / Craft, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• David Bowlin (Violin)
• Thomas Kolor (Percussion)
• Tara O'Connor (Flute)
• Louis Hanzlik (Trumpet)
• Chris Dean (Cimbalom)
• Fred Sherry (Cello)
• William Purvis (French Horn)
• Daniel Grabois (French Horn)
• Gordon Gottlieb (Timpani)
• Steven Spiers
• John Aler (Tenor)
• Daniel Druckman (Percussion)
• Wilbur Pauley (Bass)
• David Evitts (Baritone)
• Jennifer Frautschi (Violin)
• Susan Narucki (Soprano)
• Stephen Taylor (Oboe)
• Charles Neidich (Clarinet)
• Frank Morelli (Bassoon)
• Rolf Schulte (Violin)
• William Blount (Clarinet)
• Michael Powell (Trombone)
• John Feeney (Double Bass)
• Gordon Gottlieb (Percussion)
• Christopher Gekker (Trumpet)
• Catherine Ciesinski (Voice)
• Kurt Muroki (Double Bass)
• Alan Kay (Clarinet)
• Tara O'Connor (Piccolo)
• Richard O'Neill (Viola)

Conductor

• Craft, Robert

Ensembles

• Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Composer

• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

Notes & Reviews:

This is a unique collection of mostly short works that Stravinsky re-worked in different arrangements to suit the occasion. Pastorale, transcribed here for a quartet of oboe, clarinet, English horn, and bassoon, is one of Stravinsky's most popular pieces, as well as his own favourite among his pre-Firebird creations. The Soldier's Tale, scored for only 7 players, is based on a Russian folk-tale of the soldier who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a violin. Stravinsky's comic masterpiece, Renard, also based on a Russian folk-tale, is heard here in an amended version of his own English translation. Scherzo a la Russe is the original, scored for the Paul Whiteman band of six saxophones, eight strings, harp, piano, assorted brass, woodwinds, and percussion.

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Works Details

Stravinsky, Igor : Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon

• Performers: Stephen Taylor (Oboe); Charles Neidich (Clarinet); Frank Morelli (Bassoon); Rolf Schulte (Violin)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1933

Stravinsky, Igor : L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments

• Performers: William Blount (Clarinet); Michael Powell (Trombone); John Feeney (Double Bass); Gordon Gottlieb (Percussion); Rolf Schulte (Violin); Frank Morelli (Bassoon); Christopher Gekker (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Running Time: 15 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1920

Stravinsky, Igor : Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo

• Performer: Charles Neidich (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Stravinsky, Igor : Pour Pablo Picasso, for clarinet

• Performer: Charles Neidich (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1917

Stravinsky, Igor : Pribaoutki (4), song cycle for voice & 8 instruments or piano

• Performer: Catherine Ciesinski (Voice)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914

Stravinsky, Igor : Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano

• Performer: Catherine Ciesinski (Voice)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1915-1916

Stravinsky, Igor : Renard

• Performers: Kurt Muroki (Double Bass); Alan Kay (Clarinet); Tara O'Connor (Piccolo); Richard O'Neill (Viola); David Bowlin (Violin); Thomas Kolor (Percussion); Tara O'Connor (Flute); Louis Hanzlik (Trumpet); Chris Dean (Cimbalom); Fred Sherry (Cello); William Purvis (French Horn); Daniel Grabois (French Horn); Gordon Gottlieb (Timpani); Steven Spiers; Frank Morelli (Bassoon); John Aler (Tenor); Stephen Taylor (Oboe); Daniel Druckman (Percussion); Wilbur Pauley (Bass); David Evitts (Baritone); Jennifer Frautschi (Violin)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Running Time: 17 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1916

Stravinsky, Igor : Poems of Balmont (2), for voice & chamber orchestra

• Performer: Susan Narucki (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1954

Stravinsky, Igor : Japanese Lyrics (3), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber orchestra)

• Performer: Susan Narucki (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1913

Stravinsky, Igor : Scherzo à la Russe, for jazz band

• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944

Stravinsky, Igor : Song of the Volga Boatman

• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members
• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1917