First released on MusicMasters and Koch International Classics in the '90s, Robert Craft's Stravinsky recordings remain the preferred modern editions of the music. Not only was Craft Stravinsky's musical amanuensis for the last 20 years of his life, he later became a superb conductor in his own right and the combination in his mentor's music is ...
This Naxos disc is a coupling of two recordings originally issued by Koch. Both the recordings were part of Robert Craft's continuation of the complete Stravinsky edition he had begun on MusicMasters. Craft's second Oedipus Rex is less than entirely compelling. Martyn Hill is a virile Oedipus and Jennifer Lane is a noble Jocasta, but Craft is a ...
An exponent of Stravinsky's work and musical thought for decades -- indeed, his assistant and amanuensis -- Robert Craft is uniquely qualified to present this composer's works for Koch International. While other conductors may be preferred for their more polished interpretations of one piece or another, few can claim Craft's consistency and ...
Igor Stravinsky's contributions to the ballet genre almost single-handedly lifted it to the front ranks of musical forms in the twentieth century. From The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring through Apollo, Agon, and Orpheus, Stravinsky's ballets are milestones in the history of musical modernism, and thus the question is not "should one ...
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