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Stravinsky: Le rossignol / Erdmann, Sarasate, WDR Sinfonieorchester

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Composer
STRAVINSKY, IGOR
Artist
Saraste, Wdr Sinfonieorchester Koln, Wdr Rundfunkchor Koln, Begemann, Wundsam
Format
CD
Label
Orfeo
Released
Sep 01, 2017
Catalog #
C919171A
UPC
4011790919126

About

Igor Stravinsky’s later stage works Mavra (1922), Oedipus Rex (1927/28) or The Rake’s Progress (1951) are more than matched by his early “lyrical fairy tale in three acts” Le Rossignol, which occupies a special place – due to its brevity at scarcely 45 minutes. It is also unusual for the fairy-tale subject matter, based on a story called The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen; for its language – the original was Danish, this recording features the Russian version, yet it was premiered in French in Paris in 1914; and for its style, especially since there was a significant gap in time between the composition of the first and the other two acts, a fact that the composer was admittedly able to justify from a point of view of the shaping of the plot, since the cold atmosphere of the Chinese emperor’s royal household required a quite different musical approach to that of the beginning and end of the tale. The emperor, who is first enchanted by the bird’s song, then banishes the real thing when visiting emissaries present him with a mechanical nightingale which he names “first singer”. When the emperor later falls ill, the nightingale returns to sing to him, and saves his life.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 Act I: Introduction 03:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I: Introduction
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  2. 2 Act I: Névod brosálnebésnyi dukh (Le Pêcheur) 03:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Névod brosálnebésnyi dukh (Le Pêcheur)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Evgeny Akimov
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  3. 3 Act I: Akh! S néba vysotý blesnúv zvezdá upála (Le Rossignol, Le Pêcheur) 02:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Akh! S néba vysotý blesnúv zvezdá upála (Le Rossignol, Le Pêcheur)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Mojca Erdmann, Evgeny Akimov
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  4. 4 Act I: Vot i dostígli my opúshki lésa (La Cuisinère, Courtisans, Le Chambellan, Le Bonze) 03:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Vot i dostígli my opúshki lésa (La Cuisinère, Courtisans, Le Chambellan, Le Bonze)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Marina Prudenskaya, Tuomas Pursio, Fyodor Kuznetsov
    Ensemble
    WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  5. 5 Act I: Solóvushko, nash nesravnénneishii (Le Chambellan, Le Bonze, Le Rossignol, Courtisans, Le Pêcheur) 03:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Solóvushko, nash nesravnénneishii (Le Chambellan, Le Bonze, Le Rossignol, Courtisans, Le Pêcheur)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Tuomas Pursio, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Mojca Erdmann, Evgeny Akimov
    Ensemble
    WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  6. 6 Act II: Ognyá, ognyá, ognyá zhivéi ognyá! (Chorus, La Cuisinière, Le Chambellan) 02:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Ognyá, ognyá, ognyá zhivéi ognyá! (Chorus, La Cuisinière, Le Chambellan)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Marina Prudenskaya, Tuomas Pursio
    Ensemble
    WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  7. 7 Act II: Marche chinoise (Chinese March) - Velíki Imperátor (Le Chambellan) 03:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II: Marche chinoise (Chinese March) - Velíki Imperátor (Le Chambellan)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Tuomas Pursio
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  8. 8 Act II: Chanson du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale): Akh! Sérdtse dóbroe (Le Rossignol, L'Empereur, Les Courtisans, Le Chambellan) 03:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II: Chanson du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale): Akh! Sérdtse dóbroe (Le Rossignol, L'Empereur, Les Courtisans, Le Chambellan)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Mojca Erdmann, Vladimir Vaneev, Tuomas Pursio
    Ensemble
    WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  9. 9 Act II: Kogdá sólntse zashló (Les Envoyés japonais) 01:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II: Kogdá sólntse zashló (Les Envoyés japonais)
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Joachim Streckfuß, Hee-Kwang Lee
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  10. 10 Act II: Tsk, tsk … Klyu, klyu … Éto shto? (Les Courtisans, L'Empereur, Le Chambellan, Le Pêcheur) 03:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Tsk, tsk … Klyu, klyu … Éto shto? (Les Courtisans, L'Empereur, Le Chambellan, Le Pêcheur)
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Vladimir Vaneev, Tuomas Pursio, Evgeny Akimov
    Ensemble
    WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  11. 11 Act III: My vse pred tobói (Spectres, L'Empereur) 03:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III: My vse pred tobói (Spectres, L'Empereur)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Vladimir Vaneev
    Ensemble
    WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  12. 12 Act III: Akh zdes', ya zdes' (Le Rossignol, L'Empereur) 02:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III: Akh zdes', ya zdes' (Le Rossignol, L'Empereur)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Mojca Erdmann, Vladimir Vaneev
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  13. 13 Act III: Mne slú' nrávitsya (La Mort, Le Rossignol, L'Empereur) 04:49
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III: Mne slú' nrávitsya (La Mort, Le Rossignol, L'Empereur)
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Mayram Sokolova, Mojca Erdmann, Vladimir Vaneev
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  14. 14 Act III: Cortège solennel (Solemn Procession) - Zdrávstvuite! (L'Empereur, Le Pêcheur) 02:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III: Cortège solennel (Solemn Procession) - Zdrávstvuite! (L'Empereur, Le Pêcheur)
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Vladimir Vaneev, Evgeny Akimov
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  15. 15 No. 1. Kornílo 00:53
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. Kornílo
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Katrin Wundsam
    Ensemble
    members West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  16. 16 No. 2. Natášhka 00:25
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Natášhka
    Duration
    00:25
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Katrin Wundsam
    Ensemble
    members West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  17. 17 No. 3. Polkóvnik (The Colonel) 00:52
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Polkóvnik (The Colonel)
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Katrin Wundsam
    Ensemble
    members West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  18. 18 No. 4. Stárets i záyats (The Old Man and the Hare) 02:12
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4. Stárets i záyats (The Old Man and the Hare)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Katrin Wundsam
    Ensemble
    members West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  19. 19 No. 2. La lune blanche 03:22
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 2. La lune blanche
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Hans Christoph Begemann
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  20. 20 No. 1. Un grand sommeil noir 01:43
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 1. Un grand sommeil noir
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Hans Christoph Begemann
    Ensemble
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste