Jurowski conducts Stravinsky (Vol. 3)

CD: Jurowski conducts Stravinsky (Vol. 3)

Release: 26 April 2024

Igor Stravinsky
CD1
01–20 Pulcinella: Ballet in one act after Pergolesi*
21–24 Symphony in C
25–27 Ode: Elegiacal chant in three parts

CD2
01–06 Threni: id est Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae†
07 Variations: Aldous Huxley in Memoriam
08–16 Requiem Canticles‡

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Angharad Lyddon mezzo-soprano*‡
Sam Furness tenor*†
Matthew Rose bass*
Elizabeth Atherton soprano†
Maria Ostroukhova mezzo-soprano†
Joel Williams tenor†
Theodore Platt baritone†
Joshua Bloom bass†
Maxim Mikhailov bass‡
London Philharmonic Choir†‡
London Philharmonic Orchestra

During Vladimir Jurowski’s tenure as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stravinsky’s music was often a focus of his concert programming. This culminated in a year-long festival, ‘Changing Faces’, in 2018, which traced Stravinsky’s metamorphosis as a composer progressively evolving his musical language, making him a key figure in 20th-century music. Pulcinella marked the beginning of the composer’s middle ‘neoclassical’ period and, like the Symphony in C, demonstrated his playful updating of Classical forms. Jurowski takes listeners on Stravinsky’s exploration of serialism, to his last substantial work, the Requiem Canticles: sometimes spare in texture and austere in expression, yet a movingly sincere restatement of Stravinsky’s Christian faith.

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