Stravinsky's Divertimento for violin and piano, adapted from his ballet Le Baiser de la Fée, includes metric shifts that are characteristic of his style.
Compositional Technique
Szymanowski's Myths for violin and piano uses streaming chords in the piano and changing meters to evoke water, and violin harmonics to suggest Pan's pipes.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Stravinsky considered Pulcinella to be a pivotal work, calling it 'the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible'.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded from June 18 to 20, 2014, at Église Saint-Pierre in Paris.
Composition History
Stravinsky's ballet Le Baiser de la Fée (The Fairy's Kiss) was commissioned by Ida Rubinstein in 1928 as a tribute to Tchaikovsky.
Critical Reception
When Stravinsky's Pulcinella was first performed, he was accused of being a 'pasticheur' and of deserting modernism and his Russian heritage.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Igor Stravinsky, one of the composers on this album, believed that musicians have a duty to invent music.
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