Robert Craft had a historic association with Igor Stravinsky, the composer featured on this album, serving as his constant companion, co-conductor, and musical confidant for over twenty years.
Performer Biography
The Philharmonia Orchestra, one of the world's great orchestras, is acknowledged as Britain's foremost musical pioneer with an extraordinary recording legacy.
Performer Biography
The Orchestra of St. Luke's is America's foremost and most versatile chamber orchestra, formed at the Caramoor International Music Festival in 1979.
Compositional Technique
In Stravinsky's Mass, the instrumental accompaniment is divided into a quintet of oboes and bassoons and a quintet of trumpets and trombones, a master-stroke in sonority and volume.
Performer Biography
Robert Craft, the conductor on this album, is recording the complete works of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Webern for Naxos.
Compositional Technique
Igor Stravinsky's Mass, featured on this album, is deeply rooted in medieval chant and Byzantine design, and is free of any American influence.
Performer Biography
The Gregg Smith Singers, featured on this album, were formed in 1955 by Gregg Smith to perform new or little-known works.
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