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Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 / Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Gran Wilson, tenor; Jan Opalach, bass. Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The penultimate release in the Naxos Seattle Collection, featuring internationally renowned soprano Susan Graham....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (04/03/1990/05/16/1990)....continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Dumbarton Oaks; Concerto in E flat / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Following successes with The Firebird (Naxos 8571221) and Petrushka (Naxos 8571222), Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring was the most ambitious and controversial result of...continue...

Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet; Fireworks, Op. 4 / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Fireworks, Op. 4
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The scintillating orchestral effects of Fireworks so impressed Sergey Dyagilev that the impresario was prompted to commission a new work from Stravinsky for his Ballet...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 vers.); The Song of the Nightingale / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Paris was one of the great centres of European art, and Sergey Dyagilev and his Ballet russes brought to the city a succession of epoch-shattering...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...