Release Date: 01 July 2018
Label: Wergo
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4010228737127
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Igor Stravinsky
Description
The young Stravinsky became acquainted with large parts of the Western music repertoire through piano arrangements. That might have been one reason for his later compositional practice to arrange major works for piano duet, or for two pianos. On this new release from WERGO the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo has achieved its intention to present a complete collection of Igor Stravinsky's published piano arrangements. The present recording contains two ballets which show Stravinsky's compositional development within the genre: the almost film-like burlesque Petrushka as well as the abstract late work Agon which puts the ancient Greek concept of competition into a contradictory musical setting. In addition, it contains two arrangements of concert pieces: Concertino for string quartet lives on the alternation between homogeneous instrumental passages and soloistic crossed accents. The orchestral Scherzo à la Russe as 'jazz commercial' testifies to Stravinsky's adaptation to his life in America as well as to his love of the Russian types of form at the turn of the century. In their recording, Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams present the special charms of Igor Stravinsky's music in 'black and white': the piano arrangements reflect the sheer brilliance of his oeuvre in a concentrated form.
Acoustic
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WDR Sinfonieorchester; Sarah Wegener; Marcus Weiss; Ueli Wiget
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SPITZ/KETCHAM/ROSENTHAL
SALA/GOSLICH/PO BREMEN
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Nurnberger Symphoniker, David Christopher Panzl, Stefan Blum, Gabriel Venzago
