Stravinsky, Igor - Historie du Soldat / Renard - Craft, Robert (conductor)

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• The Soldier's Tale is scored for an instrumental ensemble of seven players. The story is that of a new Faust and strangely prefigures the later opera, The Rake's Progress in some of its elements, its account of a bargain with the Devil and in the card game in which the queen of hearts defeats the ace of spades, as the Soldier stakes all in a contest with the Devil. This recording features the popular Suite.



• Stravinsky's Renard (1915-16) belongs to a genre perhaps best described as "ballet hybrid”. In addition to the expected dance elements, Renard is also a burlesque, a musical story that is sung and played. The text was written by Stravinsky himself, after stories of the Fox from the famous collection of Russian folk tales by Alexander Afanasiev (which were later to inspire L’Histoire de Soldat). Renard is scored for small orchestra, percussion, timpani, cimbalom, a solo string quintet, two tenor soloists, and two bass soloists.





• Robert Craft has recorded several other Stravinsky ballets in the series with Naxos, all of which were very well received: “This is a first class issue….very highly recommended.” MusicWeb on 8.557499

Susan Naruki, soprano; Catherin Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano

Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble/Robert Craft
Igor Stravinsky

1. Pastorale (arr. I. Stravinsky and S. Dushkin for violin and wind quartet)

Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale): Suite

2. I. The Soldier's March

3. II. Music from Scene 1

4. III. Music from Scene 2, "Pastorale"

5. IV. The Royal March, "Pasadoble"

6. V. Little March

7. VI. 3 Dances: No. 1. Tango. No. 2. Waltz. No. 3. Ragtime.

8. VII. The Devil's Dance

9. VIII. Petit / Grand Chorale

10. IX. Triumphal March of the Devil



Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet

11. No. 1. Sempre piano e molto tranquillo: quarter note = 52

12. No. 2. quarter note = 168

13. No. 3. quarter note = 160



14. Pour Picasso



Pribaoutki

15. No. 1. Kornilo

16. No. 2. Natashka

17. No. 3. Polkovnik (The Colonel)

18. No. 4. Starets i zayats (The Old Man and the Hare)



Berceuses du chat (Cat's Cradle Songs)

19. No. 1. Spi, kot (The Tom - Cat)

20. No. 2. Kot na pechi (The Tom - Cat on the Stove)

21. No. 3. Bay - bay (Bye - Byes)

22. No. 4. U kota, kota (O Tom - Cat, Tom - Cat)



23. Renard



Two Balmont Songs

24. No. 1. Nezabudochka tsvetochek' (The Little Forget - Me - Not Flower)

25. No. 2. Golub' (The Dove)



Three Japanese Lyrics

26. No. 1. Akahito

27. No. 2. Mazatsumi

28. No. 3. Tsaraiuki



29. Scherzo a la russe (original Jazz band version, 1944)



Traditional

30. Song of the Volga Boatman (arr. Stravinsky for band)