Starter Packs

Complete your collection with these curated titles, grouped at a special discount.

Shop Now
Stravinsky: Works for Orchestra / Ehnes, Davis, BBC Philharmonic
Chandos

Stravinsky: Works for Orchestra / Ehnes, Davis, BBC Philharmonic

$21.99

Details

Composer
Igor Stravinsky
Artist
James Ehnes
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Jan 05, 2024
Catalog #
CHSA 5340
UPC
095115534021

About

One of the foremost musicians of his generation, James Ehnes continues to dazzle audiences around the world. Here he joins the BBC Philharmonic and Sir Andrew Davis in a recording of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto. Written for the Polish virtuoso Samuel Dushkin, the four-movement work takes the music of Bach as its inspiration, and is built around a chord of the notes D, E, and A, which Stravinsky described as his ‘passport to the concerto’ and with which the solo violin part opens each movement. Dushkin gave the premiere, conducted by Stravinsky, in Berlin in 1932.

Apollon musagète, a ballet in two parts for string orchestra, was written in 1927-28, and demonstrates the composer’s complete rejection of the Russian folk music and idioms that had been so instrumental in his previous ballets (The Firebird, Petrushka). They are replaced by a concentration on ‘pure form’, which became known as his neo-classical style. The album is completed by his two orchestral suites – light-hearted music arranged from piano duets he had written in the 1910s – and Scherzo à la russe, a showpiece for the Paul Whiteman band that he composed in the early 1940s when newly arrived in California.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 I. Toccata 05:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Toccata
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    James Ehnes
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  2. 2 II. Aria I 04:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Aria I
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    James Ehnes
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  3. 3 III. Aria II 05:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Aria II
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    James Ehnes
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  4. 4 IV. Capriccio 06:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Capriccio
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    James Ehnes
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  5. 5 Scherzo à la russe 04:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scherzo à la russe
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  6. 6 I. Andante 01:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  7. 7 II. Napolitana 01:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Napolitana
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  8. 8 III. Española 01:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Española
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  9. 9 IV. Balalaika 01:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Balalaika
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  10. 10 I. Marche 01:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Marche
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  11. 11 II. Valse 02:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Valse
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  12. 12 III. Polka 01:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Polka
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  13. 13 IV. Galop 02:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Galop
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  14. 14 Tableau I: Prologue: The Birth of Apollo 05:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tableau I: Prologue: The Birth of Apollo
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  15. 15 Tableau II: Apollo's Variation 03:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    Tableau II: Apollo's Variation
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  16. 16 Tableau II: Pas d'action: Apollo and the Muses 04:25
    Track
    16
    Title
    Tableau II: Pas d'action: Apollo and the Muses
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  17. 17 Tableau II: Variation of Calliope 01:28
    Track
    17
    Title
    Tableau II: Variation of Calliope
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  18. 18 Tableau II: Variation of Polymnia 01:20
    Track
    18
    Title
    Tableau II: Variation of Polymnia
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  19. 19 Tableau II: Variation of Terpsichore 01:35
    Track
    19
    Title
    Tableau II: Variation of Terpsichore
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  20. 20 Tableau II: Variation of Apollo 02:23
    Track
    20
    Title
    Tableau II: Variation of Apollo
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  21. 21 Tableau II: Pas de deux: Apollo and Terpsichore 04:20
    Track
    21
    Title
    Tableau II: Pas de deux: Apollo and Terpsichore
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  22. 22 Tableau II: Coda: Apollo and the Muses 03:20
    Track
    22
    Title
    Tableau II: Coda: Apollo and the Muses
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  23. 23 Tableau II: Apotheosis: Apollo and the Muses 03:36
    Track
    23
    Title
    Tableau II: Apotheosis: Apollo and the Muses
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis