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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky | BBC Legends BBCL42532

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky

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Label: BBC Legends

Cat No: BBCL42532

Barcode: 0684911425321

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 2nd February 2009

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The iconic Igor Stravinsky conducting his own works ‘live’ is a major event, and the 1958 gala event was no exception.

‘Music and Musicians’ wrote “even Stravinsky, apostle of clarity, could not complain of the brilliance of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s attack or clean and faultless line of its phrasing. Seized as it was on this night with a sense of occasion, it can play like a band of angels.

Both the ballet scores, ‘Agon’ and ‘Apollo’ (formerly named ‘Apollon Musagète), were recorded by Stravinsky in the studio after their respective premieres in 1957 and 1950, and then again in the 1960s. The ‘Symphony in 3 Movements’ was first recorded in the studio by Stravinsky in 1946.

Stravinsky concluded the concert with three excerpts from the 1945 ‘Firebird’, but timing only permitted the Finale to be included here.

Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 10 December 1958. Mono.

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