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Release Date: 10/23/2001 Label: Koch International Classics Catalog #: 7438 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Igor Stravinsky Performer: Jane Taylor, Peter Simmons, Mark Peskanov, Iveta Bachmannova, Robert Yamins, Robert Ingliss, Raymond Mase, Jonathan Haas, Myron Lutzke, Timothy Cobb, Ronald Arron, Lucy Shelton, David Kossoff, Richard Rood, Louis Cosma, Judith Mendenhall, Doris Stevenson, Martin A. Bruns, Mikhail Svetlov Conductor: Steven Richman Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble
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 For Stravinsky completists this is a release full of pleasant surprises, a sweep of the master's studio floor for rarities. The homework was done and done well: there is indeed some unreleased material, and it's good! The pieces are all short, ranging from the terse-but-playful 35-second fanfare that opens the disc to the 25-minute suite from The Soldier's Tale that closes it. As such, the works never wear out their welcome. The Lied ohne Name for two bassoons is an exercise in slow understatement, and the Tango and the Marseillaise arrangement (both premieres) show the composer's ability to take found objects (be they a found style or his own arrangement of existing music) and make them his own. The other two "new" pieces, the Petit Ramusianum Harmonique and How the Mushrooms Went to War, are both charming and well made, and quite different from each other. In the latter, we get a glimpse of a very young composer's understanding of the prevailing musical style of his own time. If not immediately recognizable as Stravinsky, it at least demonstrates his capacity to write singing melody (and, in certain ways, to imitate Rimsky-Korsakov, his beloved teacher). This is a nice addition to this composer's sadly spare catalogue of music for piano and voice. The now familiar Octet for wind instruments is so well played here that the disc is worth owning for the performance of this work alone--especially the fantastic and incisive flute of Judith Menenhall and Robert Yamins' rich clarinet. Lucy Shelton assays one of Stravinsky's lesser-known masterpieces, Pribaoutki, with grace and an effortless technique: hers is a voice that is quite comfortable in this repertoire, and her Russian sounds, well, Russian. Although the ensemble--expertly led by Steven Richman--plays with exceptional precision throughout, the performers never lose sight of the music's soul and spirit, allowing for interpretations of both the Octet and the Histoire suite that are faithful to the score but never precious or dry. --Daniel Felsenfeld - ClassicsToday.com This album was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance with or without Conductor. |
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Fanfare for a New Theatre by Igor Stravinsky |
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Conductor:
Steven Richman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble Period: 20th Century Written: 1964; USA |
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Date of Recording: 1/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 0 Minutes 35 Secs. |
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Octet for Wind Instruments by Igor Stravinsky |
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Conductor:
Steven Richman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble Period: 20th Century Written: 1923/1952; France |
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Date of Recording: 1/10/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 15 Minutes 1 Secs. |
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Duet for 2 Bassoons by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Jane Taylor (Bassoon),
Peter Simmons (Bassoon)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble Period: 20th Century Written: 1918; Switzerland |
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Date of Recording: 1/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 1 Minutes 11 Secs. |
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Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Mark Peskanov (Violin),
Iveta Bachmannova (English Horn),
Robert Yamins (Clarinet),
Jane Taylor (Bassoon), Robert Ingliss (Oboe), Peter Simmons (Bassoon) Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble Period: 20th Century Written: 1933; France |
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Date of Recording: 1/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs. |
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L'histoire du soldat: Suite for Chamber Ensemble by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Raymond Mase (Cornet),
Peter Simmons (Bassoon),
Robert Yamins (Clarinet),
Jonathan Haas (Percussion), Myron Lutzke (Cello), Timothy Cobb (Double Bass), Ronald Arron (Viola) Conductor: Steven Richman Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble Period: 20th Century Written: 1918; Switzerland |
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Date of Recording: 6/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 25 Minutes 18 Secs. |
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Pribaoutki by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Robert Yamins (Clarinet),
Myron Lutzke (Cello),
Lucy Shelton (Soprano),
David Kossoff (English Horn), Richard Rood (Violin), Louis Cosma (Double Bass), Jane Taylor (Bassoon), Judith Mendenhall (Flute), Peter Simmons (Bassoon), Ronald Arron (Viola) Conductor: Steven Richman Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble Period: 20th Century Written: 1914; Switzerland |
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Date of Recording: 1/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs. Language: Russian |
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Tango by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Mark Peskanov (Violin),
Doris Stevenson (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1940; USA |
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Date of Recording: 1/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs. |
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Petit Ramusianum harmonique by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Martin A. Bruns (Baritone)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1937; France |
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Date of Recording: 1/9/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NYC Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs. Language: French |
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How the Mushrooms Prepared for War by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Mikhail Svetlov (Bass),
Doris Stevenson (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1904; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 6/15/1998 Venue: Master Sound Studios, Astoria, NY Length: 6 Minutes 1 Secs. Language: Russian |
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La Marseillaise by Igor Stravinsky |
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Performer:
Mark Peskanov (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1919 |
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Date of Recording: 1/1998 Venue: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY Length: 1 Minutes 5 Secs. |
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