Return to Europe
Donald Macleod looks at Stravinsky's emotional return to his homeland, Russia, during the period of incessant travel that would define his final years.
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Igor Stravinsky
Elegy for JFK
Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Performer: Herbert Gruber Performer: Karl Teho Adler Performer: Kurt Berger (clarinets)
- Orfeo.
- C015821A.
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Igor Stravinsky
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa
Performer: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies (cond)
- ECM.
- 4721862.
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Igor Stravinsky
Ode
Performer: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Igor Stravinsky (cond)
- LYS.
- 271273.
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Igor Stravinsky
Abraham and Isaac
Performer: David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone) Performer: London Sinfonietta Conductor: Oliver Knussen (cond)
- DG.
- 447 068-2.
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Igor Stravinsky
Requiem Canticles
Performer: Irène Friedli (alto) Performer: Michel Brodard (Bass) Performer: Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne Performer: Choeur de Chambre Romande Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Neeme Järvi (Conductor)
- Chandos.
- Chan9408.
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