IDAGIO | Stravinsky & Satie: Paris joyeux & triste

Featuring

Alexei Lubimov
Viacheslav Poprugin
Igor Stravinsky
Erik Satie

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Interpretation

The album aims to recreate the atmosphere and style of Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, where the works by Stravinsky and Satie were composed.

Composer Biography

Stravinsky famously composed at the piano, and many of his ballets exist in piano arrangements he made himself.

Composition History

Igor Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" chamber concerto was commissioned by Mildred Woods Bliss to celebrate her thirtieth wedding anniversary.

Compositional Technique

Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" concerto was requested to be of "Brandenburg Concerto dimensions" and uses Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto as a starting point.

Recording & Production

The recording of this album took place on June 17th, which is Igor Stravinsky's birthday.

Instruments

The recording uses period instruments, specifically a 1920 Pleyel piano and a 1906 Gaveau piano, to achieve an authentic sound.

Composition History

John Cage's two-piano transcription of Satie's "Socrate" was created to accompany a ballet by Merce Cunningham, who could not afford to pay musicians for the original orchestration.