Since you are interested in Stravinsky: Works for Violin and Piano, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
STRAVINSKY
Histoire du Soldat Suite / Renard Rolf Schulte (violin) CharlesNeidich (clarinet) / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 7 / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] This is a unique collection of mostly short works that Stravinsky re-worked in different arrangements to suit the occasion. Pastorale, transcribed here for a quartet of oboe, clarinet, English horn, and bassoon, is one of Stravinsky's most popular... |
STRAVINSKY / BRITTEN / DUTILLEUX / DEBUSSY
Cello Recital Tatjana Vassilieva (cello) Yumiko Urabe (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series: cello / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "Listen, for example, to how subtly she handles the many unconventional tonal effects in the piece." - Michael Jameson, Classics Today |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Octet / Dumbarton Oaks Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some fine performances ..if you want these four pieces on a single disc - perhaps as a taster - this is an obvious and rewarding choice. Even the normally erudite Craft liner-notes are more relaxed than usual, making this issue even more attractive... |
STRAVINSKY
Duo concertant / Sonata for Two Pianos / Requiem Canticles / Abraham & Isaac / Élégie per viola sola Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Robert Craft [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "It's the performances of the two late serial works [the Requiem Canticles and Abraham and Isaac] that make this disc worthwhile. Craft brings real urgency to these masterpieces, and a dramatic clarity in particular to Abraham and Isaac." (The Guardian) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Piano Recital (1932-1935) Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "This remains some of the most astounding piano playing ever committed to disc and you should not be without it in one form or another." - Christopher Howell, musicweb.uk.net, June 2003 |