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Stravinsky: 125th Anniversary Album: The Rite of Spring - Violin Concerto

3/1/2008, 20 Tracks, 1:07:39

Featuring

  • Jennifer Frautschi
  • Robert Craft
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Gregg Smith Singers
  • Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble
  • Igor Stravinsky

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Composition History

Stravinsky began composing The Rite of Spring in a state of passion and excitement, sketching the Introduction for 'dudki' (reed pipes) and 'Divination with Twigs' in September 1911.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Robert Craft, the conductor on this album, is recording the complete works of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Webern for Naxos.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The first three movements of Stravinsky's Violin Concerto begin with the same triple-stop violin chord, which violinists Samuel Dushkin and Jascha Heifetz initially declared unplayable.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jennifer Frautschi, the violinist, performs on a 1722 Antonio Stradivarius violin known as the 'ex-Cadiz,' on loan from a private American foundation.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album celebrates the 125th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's birth, featuring a new recording of his 1967 edition of The Rite of Spring.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stravinsky's Zvezdolikiy, dedicated to Claude Debussy, includes actual imitations of Debussy's melodic, rhythmic, and instrumental styles in its second half.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Violin Concerto was commissioned by American composer Blair Fairchild for his protégé, the Polish-American violinist Samuel Dushkin.

Source: Booklet

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