Spectrum

Featuring

Benjamin Beilman
Yekwon Sunwoo
Franz Schubert
Leoš Janáček
Igor Stravinsky
Fritz Kreisler

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Compositional Technique

The music of Stravinsky's Pulcinella caused a sensation due to its striking combination of contemporary timbral ingenuity with the formal manners of 18th-century Classicism.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Janáček's music was heavily influenced by the folk music of his native Moravia and incorporated a form of singing he called 'speech-melody'.

Performer Biography

Fritz Kreisler, the former teacher of Samuel Dushkin (who collaborated with Stravinsky), was one of the most celebrated violinists of the 20th century, known for his 'golden sound of unparalleled sweetness and purity'.

Composer Biography

Leoš Janáček, a composer featured on this album, was a late bloomer in music, only beginning to establish his artistic independence in his forties.

Composition History

Igor Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella, based on 18th-century composer Giovanni Pergolesi's music, was a pivotal work that he described as 'my discovery of the past' and made his later work possible.

Composer Biography

Franz Schubert, another composer on this album, was a gentle personality, standing under five feet, and relied on others to promote his music as he lacked the 'killer instinct' of a virtuoso.