Stravinsky: Petrushka; Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Orpheus (2016)

For this 2016 release on the London Philharmonic Orchestra's own label, Vladimir Jurowski leads the orchestra in three works by Igor Stravinsky: the 1911 version of the ballet Petrushka; the 1920 version of the Symphonies of Wind Instruments; and the 1947 ballet Orpheus. Style was a constant source of inspiration and innovation for Stravinsky, and even though his works are roughly divided into three broad categories -- early Russian ballets, neoclassical works in all genres, and the serialist pieces of his old age -- there ... Read More

For this 2016 release on the London Philharmonic Orchestra's own label, Vladimir Jurowski leads the orchestra in three works by Igor Stravinsky: the 1911 version of the ballet Petrushka; the 1920 version of the Symphonies of Wind Instruments; and the 1947 ballet Orpheus. Style was a constant source of inspiration and innovation for Stravinsky, and even though his works are roughly divided into three broad categories -- early Russian ballets, neoclassical works in all genres, and the serialist pieces of his old age -- there are various stylistic differences within those groupings that show his constantly developing aesthetics. This album highlights some of the changes Stravinsky embraced as he passed through his involvement as a composer with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russe, for whom he wrote Petrushka, as well as L'Oiseau de feu and Le Sacre du printemps; the death of Claude Debussy, to whose memory Stravinsky dedicated the Symphonies of Wind Instruments; and his work with choreographer George... Read Less