Stravinsky, Igor > Northern Chamber Orchestra

A Portrait of Igor Stravinsky - His Works, His Life

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-02-26

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Movements (3) from Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Pieces (3) for string quartet; Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano; Histoire du ...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Bostridge, Ian; Cornwell, Joseph; Evitts, David; Ewing, Alan; Frautschi, Jennifer; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Greenan, Andrew; Hill, Martyn; Hill, Peter; Humphries, Jon; Lane, Jennifer;...
Conductors: Craft, Robert; Kelly, Brett; Ward, Nicholas; Sanderling, Stefan; Shao, En; Studt, Richard; Rudel, Julius
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Fry; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Schirmer Ensemble; Simon Joly Chorus; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

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,...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale, Dumbarton Oaks / Northern CO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-03-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")
Performers: Carstairs, David; Cox, Nicholas; Manson, James; Patrick, Paul; Scoates, Richard; Ward, Nicholas [Conductor]
Conductors: Ward, Nicholas
Ensemble: Northern Chamber Orchestra

(Of The Soldier's Tale) "First kudos go to the three actors, as superb and natural as the best that we've encountered in recent Jane Austen...continue...

The Best of Stravinsky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-20

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Firebird; Histoire du soldat - Trois danses; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Sanderling, Stefan; Rahbari, Alexander; Ward, Nicholas
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Northern Chamber Orchestra