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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps, Capriccio & Octuor

9/2/2022, 20 Tracks, 1:08:08

Featuring

  • Mikko Franck
  • Nathalia Milstein
  • Mathilde Caldérini
  • Nicolas Baldeyrou
  • Julien Hardy
  • Hugues Anselmo
  • Alexandre Baty
  • Javier Rossetto
  • Antoine Ganaye
  • Raphaël Lemaire
  • Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
  • Igor Stravinsky

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Composition History

Stravinsky's Capriccio for piano and orchestra was premiered on December 6, 1929, in Paris, with Stravinsky himself as the pianist and his friend Ernest Ansermet conducting.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Stravinsky chose wind instruments for his Octet because they were better suited for the "formal strictness" he intended, unlike strings which he found "less cool and more imprecise."

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stravinsky conceived The Rite of Spring after envisioning a pagan ritual where elders watched a young girl dance herself to death as a sacrifice to the god of spring.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring on May 29, 1913, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, caused an uproar due to both Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography and Stravinsky's music.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stravinsky considered his Octet for wind instruments a "musical object" based on objective elements, rather than an "emotive work."

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Igor Stravinsky's artistic career is often divided into three periods: the Ballets Russes composer, the neo-classical Stravinsky, and the serialist Stravinsky.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Mikko Franck, the music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, began his conducting career at the age of seventeen.

Source: Booklet

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