Stravinsky: Histoire du Soldat (Suite); Renard (2007)

About this title: Previously released by Music Masters and Koch International, the performances on this 2007 Naxos compilation are serviceable presentations of several of Igor Stravinsky's short works, worth having because a number of these are fairly obscure pieces, seldom recorded. While the suite from Histoire du Soldat (1918) and the burlesque Renard (1916) are the two most significant offerings here, and recorded more frequently than the other selections, such instrumental miniatures as the Pastorale (1924), the Three Pieces for clarinet (1918), and the Scherzo à la Russe (1944, in its original version ... read more

Tracks:

1. Pastorale, song without words for violin & woodwind quartet
2. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments
3. Pieces (3) for solo clarinet
4. Pour Pablo Picasso, for clarinet
5. Pribaoutki (4), song cycle for voice & 8 instruments or piano
6. Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano
7. Renard, opera-ballet (burlesque) for 4 vocal soloists & chamber orchestra
8. Poems of Balmont (2), for voice & chamber orchestra
9. Japanese Lyrics (3), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber orchestra)
10. Scherzo à la Russe, for jazz band
11. Song of the Volga Boatmen, for winds & percussion

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.