The faun and the shepherdess, op. 2 : song suite for mezzo-soprano and orchestra / text from Alexander Pushkin (9:36) -- Two poems by Paul Verlaine, op. 9 : for baritone and orchestra. La lune blanche ; Un grand sommeil noir (5:21) -- Two poems by Konstantin Balmont : for high voice and chamber orchestra. Forget-me-nots ; The dove (2:38) -- Three Japanese lyrics : for soprano and chamber orchestra. Akahito ; Mazatsumi ; Tsaraiuki (3:07) -- Three little songs "Recollections of my childhood" : for high voice and chamber orchestra. The magpie ; The rook ; The jackdaw (3:04) -- Pleasant songs (Pribaoutki) : for voice, flute, Cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Uncle Armand ; The oven ; The colonel ; The old man and the hare (3:40) -- Tilim-bom : for soprano and orchestra (1:01) -- Cat's cradle songs. On the stove ; At home ; Lullaby ; The cat has... (3:36) -- Four songs : for soprano, flute, harp and guitar. The drake ; A Russian spiritual ; Geese and swans ; Tilim-bom (4:42) -- Three songs from William Shakespeare : for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and viola. Musick to heare ; Full fadom five ; When dasies pied (2:27).
Note
Songs conducted by the composer and Robert Craft.
Sung in Russian, French or English.
Original LP released on Columbia Masterworks as MS 7439 in 1970.
Author
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, composer, conductor.
Title
Songs / Stravinsky.
Publisher
[Gütersloh, Germany] : Sony Classical, [2016]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Mary Simmons, mezzo-soprano ; CBC Symphony Orchestra ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor (first work); Donald Gramm, baritone ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor (second work); Evelyn Lear, soprano ; Columbia Chamber Orchestra ; Robert Craft, conductor (third and fourth works); Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor (fifth and sixth works); Evelyn Lear, soprano ; Columbia Chamber Orchestra ; Robert Craft, conductor (seventh work); Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano ; Columbia Chamber Ensemble ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor (eighth work); Adrienne Albert, mezzo-soprano ; Louise di Tullio, flute ; Dorothy Remsen, harp ; Laurindo Almeida, guitar ; Robert Craft, conductor (ninth work); Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano ; Columbia Chamber Ensemble ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor (tenth work).