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Stravinsky: Divertimento, Suite Italienne & Duo Concertant

9/25/2015, 17 Tracks, 53:26

Featuring

  • Itzhak Perlman
  • Bruno Canino
  • Igor Stravinsky

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London from June 8-10, 1974.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Igor Stravinsky's Duo concertant was inspired by his love for the pastoral poets of antiquity and their scholarly art, forming a musical parallel to old pastoral poetry.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Violinist Itzhak Perlman considers this Stravinsky album to be one of the finest gems of his discography and one of his own favorite albums.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

All three works on this album resulted from the close working relationship between composer Igor Stravinsky and violinist Samuel Dushkin.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

This Stravinsky recital is the only album Itzhak Perlman, a renowned violinist, and Bruno Canino, an Italian pianist and composer, have ever made together.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The Divertimento is a faithful arrangement of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Baiser de la fée, which was inspired by Tchaikovsky.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Unlike the Divertimento, the Suite italienne, an adaptation of the ballet Pulcinella, differs considerably from the original and includes newly composed material.

Source: Booklet

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