Symphony In Three Movements Stravinsky/Ansermet SKU: SXL2237 Barcode: 4260019714060 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner / Decca Released Date: 21st January 2013 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ?It is well known that the mature Stravinsky was candidly scathing about some of his early compositions. However, he did subscribe a measure of academic value to his very first symphony, if only to show how one should not compose. In the following decades he wrote his so-called neo-classical symphonies, but these too found no mercy in the eyes and ears of avant-garde extremists, and are thus among the most underestimated orchestral compositions of the 20th century. The new aspiration to write with clarity and simplicity, and so turning away from late-romantic and impressionistic expression, is already found in the key of C major, which has no accidentals. But the compositional technique is tricky: sharp polytonal melodies grow out of tonal islands, which, however never result in pleasant-sounding cadences even after numerous attempts to do so. The Symphony in Three Movements, too, breaks with tradition as regards its formal structure, which Stravinsky himself regarded as »naïve«. All the more intricate, however, is the ingenious melodiousness, which is unfolded with ballet-like rhythms by the whole orchestra. This fresh, bold music definitely needs to be performed by an astute and dauntless ensemble – such as West-Swiss Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet, an ardent champion of modern works. Recording: ?April 1960 at Victoria Hall, Geneva (Switzerland), by Roy Wallace Production: ?Ray Minshull Artist Stravinsky/Ansermet Genre Classical Label Speakers Corner / Decca Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country Germany Track Listings Igor Stravinsky: Symphony In C (1940), Symphony In Three Movements (1945) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted Ernest Ansermet Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Classical View Product Quick View Eastman-Rochester “Pops” Orchestra / Frederick Fennell HiFi a la Española Classical | Decca | 1LP Released 15th April 2022 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eastman-Rochester “Pops” Orchestra / Frederick Fennell HiFi a la Española £24.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca SKU: 4852602 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joseph Keilberth Wagner – Siegfried Classical | Testament | 5LP Released 8th July 2016 £100.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joseph Keilberth Wagner – Siegfried £100.00 Genre: Classical Label: Testament SKU: SBTLP51392 Formats: 5LP Released Date: 8th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fritz Reiner Spain Classical | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 19th May 2017 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fritz Reiner Spain £45.00 Genre: Classical Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPC2230 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 19th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tchaikovsky/Ogdon/Barbirolli Piano Concerto No 1 Classical | Hi Q | 180g, 1LP Released 10th December 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tchaikovsky/Ogdon/Barbirolli Piano Concerto No 1 £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Hi Q SKU: HIQLP037 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th December 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View RIOPY [extended] BLISS Classical | Warner Classics | 1LP Released 18th November 2022 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders RIOPY [extended] BLISS £28.00 Genre: Classical Label: Warner Classics SKU: 5054197178887 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ludovico Einaudi Undiscovered Classical | Decca | 2LP Released 18th September 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ludovico Einaudi Undiscovered £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca SKU: 4819840 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 18th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Eliot Gardiner and Monteverdi Orchestra & Choir Purcell: Music for the Queen Mary Classical | Erato | 1LP Released 11th February 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Eliot Gardiner and Monteverdi Orchestra & Choir Purcell: Music for the Queen Mary £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Erato SKU: 0190296685040 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lambert All This Time Classical | Mercury KX | 1LP Released 10th March 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lambert All This Time £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Mercury KX SKU: 4826754 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rachmaninoff/Antal Dorati Concerto No 2 in C Minor Classical | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 30th January 2008 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rachmaninoff/Antal Dorati Concerto No 2 in C Minor £34.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner SKU: SR90260 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th January 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chasing The Dragon Mozart By Candlelight : Binaural Recording Classical | Chasing The Dragon | 180g, 1LP Released 28th October 2016 £40.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chasing The Dragon Mozart By Candlelight : Binaural Recording £40.00 Genre: Classical Label: Chasing The Dragon SKU: VALLPBR002 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Classical Start again
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