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CD-1211(2) STRAVINSKY CONDUCTS STRAVINSKY: CONCERT PERFORMANCES, 1951-1957. CD 1: (1:08:00) Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra. Heinz Stanske, vln.; Le Baiser de la Fée/The Fairy's Kiss (rev. 1950); Four Etudes for Orchestra (1945 version); Concerto in D for String Orchestra - all with Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Baden-Baden, 4/22/1955. CD 2: (1:02:00) Petrushka-orchestral suite (1947 version). Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Baden-Baden (10/14/1951), Maria Bergmann, piano. Agon - Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Baden-Baden (10/19/1957). Pulcinella-Suite for Small Orchestra (1949 version). Orch. della Radio Svizzera Italiano, Lugano (4/29/1954). Restoration Engineer: Maggi Payne (2008). All but Agon previously unissued. AAD. UPC# 0-17685-12112-8 BUZZ: This collection continues the survey of Stravinsky conducting his own works begun with the internationally acclaimed Music & Arts set CD-1184. All but one of the performances here was given with the SWF Orchestra in Baden-Baden, trained by one of the great champions of modern music, Hans Rosbaud. The booklet contains extensive notes on "Stravinsky the Conductor" based on archival interviews with Stravinsky's long-time associate Robert Craft, the composers Elliott Carter, Virgil Thomson, and Lukas Foss, the musicologists Claudio Spies and Lawrence Morton, and the dancer and actress Vera Zorina. |
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