Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale (2007)

About this title: Igor Stravinsky recorded his The Soldier's Tale Suite three times -- first in 1932, then again 1954, and finally in 1961. He seems, however, to have recorded the complete work not at all. He did record the four additional minutes of music necessary to produce a complete performance in early 1967 -- but no recording of a complete performance was ever released. This 2006 Sony release of the complete Soldier's Tale with the composer leading the Columbia Chamber Ensemble is in fact a complete performance: an expanded version of the 1961 recording plus the extra four minutes and a dubbed in Jeremy ... read more

Tracks:

1. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments
2. Symphonies of Wind Instruments, for 23 wind instruments (1947 version)

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.