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Stravinsky - Three Russian Sacred Choruses and Symphony of Psalms | Naxos 8557504

Stravinsky - Three Russian Sacred Choruses and Symphony of Psalms

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8557504

Barcode: 0747313250424

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 2nd October 2006

Contents

Artists

Mary Ann Hart
Thomas Bogdan
Fred Sherry
Stephen Taylor
St Luke’s Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Robert Craft

Works

Stravinsky, Igor

Ave Maria
Babel
Cantata
Credo
Mass
Pater noster
Symphony of Psalms

Artists

Mary Ann Hart
Thomas Bogdan
Fred Sherry
Stephen Taylor
St Luke’s Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Robert Craft

About

This disc of sacred choral music features the masterly Symphony of Psalms, which Stravinsky dedicated “to the glory of God”. The composer himself wrote “It is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung ... it is the singing of Psalms that I am symphonising.” 
 
The Mass (1944-48) dates from the composer’s first decade in America, and is deeply rooted in medieval chant. Cantata (1951-52) consists of nine canons, the centrepiece of which is the Ricercare for tenor, in which Christ foretells his Crucifixion. In Babel (1944), Stravinsky uses text in which the descendants of Noah are frustrated in their attempt to build a tower reaching heaven.
 
Robert Craft and the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Schoenberg and Stravinsky series’ have been highly praised, described as “incisive and often exhilarating… The orchestra plays brilliantly and beautifully… Craft is invariably spirited and athletic” The American Record Guide on 8557503

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