A New Method
Donald Macleod examines Stravinsky's attempts to keep up with the avant-garde and embrace serialism, despite being seen as 'the grand old man' of classical music.
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Igor Stravinsky
Cantata (Extract - Ricercar II: 'Tomorrow Shall Be')Performer: Thomas Bogdan (tenor)
Performer: Fred Sherry (cello) Performer: Stephen Taylor (oboe) Performer: Melanie Field (cor anglais) Performer: Michael Parloff and Bart Feller (flutes) Conductor: Robert Craft (conductor)
- Naxos.
- 8557504.
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Igor Stravinsky
Septet (extract) mvt II: Passacaglia
Performer: European soloists ensemble Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano and director)
- Decca.
- 448 177-2.
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Igor Stravinsky
In memoriam Dylan Thomas
Performer: Robert Tear (tenor) Performer: Ensemble Intercontemporain Conductor: Pierre Boulez (cond)
- DG.
- 431 751-2.
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Igor Stravinsky
Agon
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas (cond)
- RCA.
- 09026 68865 2.
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- Thu 25 Jun 200912:00BBC Radio 3
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