Jurowski conducts Stravinsky, Vol. 1

Featuring

Vladimir Jurowski
Angharad Lyddon
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky

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Composition History

Stravinsky's Symphony in E flat, Op. 1, was supervised almost page by page by his teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a prominent Russian nationalist composer.

Critical Reception

The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in Paris caused one of the most celebrated scandals in musical history, with audience protests directed at both the choreography and the music's aggressive modernity.

Performer Biography

Vladimir Jurowski, the conductor on this album, served as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years before becoming its Conductor Emeritus in 2021.

Composer Biography

Igor Stravinsky, the composer, began his Symphony in E flat in 1905 on his family estate in Ustilug, which is now in modern Ukraine.

Composition History

Stravinsky's Funeral Song, a musical tribute to his revered teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, went missing during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and was only rediscovered in 2015.

Composition History

The 'song suite' The Faun and the Shepherdess, Op. 2, composed under Rimsky-Korsakov's supervision, uses a trio of poems by Alexander Pushkin, a renowned Russian poet.

Composition History

Serge Diaghilev, a formidable Russian ballet impresario, commissioned the virtually unknown 27-year-old Stravinsky to write the score for The Firebird after his initial choice, Anatoly Lyadov, failed to deliver.