The son of a distinguished Russian singer, Stravinsky spent his earlier years in Russia, either in St Petersburg or, in the summer, at the country estates of his relatives. He studied music briefly with Rimsky-Korsakov but made a name for himself first in Paris with commissions from the impresario Diaghilev, for whom he wrote a series of ballet scores. He spent the years after the Russian Revolution of 1917 in Western Europe and in 1939 moved to the United States of America. There in the post-war years he turned from a style of eclectic neoclassicism to composing in the 12-note technique propounded by Schoenberg. A versatile composer, inventive in changing styles, he may be seen as the musical counterpart of the painter Picasso.

Stage Works
Stravinsky made an immediate impression in Paris with his score for L’Oiseau de feu (‘The Firebird’) for the Ballets Russes of Diaghilev. There followed the very Russian Petrushka, set in a Russian fairground, and then the 1913 succès de scandale of Le Sacre du printemps (‘The Rite of Spring’). After wartime works on a smaller scale, including The Soldier’s Tale, Stravinsky turned again to ballet for Diaghilev in Pulcinella, based on music wrongly attributed to Pergolesi. Later ballets include Apollon musagète, Le Baiser de la fée (‘The Fairy’s Kiss’), Jeu de cartes (‘Card Game’) and Agon. The Latin opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex, with a text translated from Cocteau, was first staged in 1928, while the opera The Rake’s Progress, neoclassical in form and based on the engravings of Hogarth, with a libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, was staged in Venice in 1951.

Orchestral Music
Stravinsky’s orchestral music includes symphonies, suites from some of the ballets, and two suites arranged from sets of easy piano pieces. Concertos of various kinds include a 1936 Concerto for piano, wind, timpani and double basses, the Ebony Concerto for jazz band, and a Violin Concerto.

Chamber and Instrumental Music
Stravinsky’s chamber music includes some arrangements of orchestral works, in particular two versions of music from Pulcinella, one for violin and piano and one for cello and piano, both under the title Suite italienne.

Choral and Vocal Music
Stravinsky’s choral music ranges from major works such as the Symphony of Psalms to settings of Latin and Slavonic religious texts, the arranged Four Russian Peasant Songs, and the final Requiem Canticles. His solo vocal works are equally varied, including songs from traditional Russian sources, his sacred cantata Abraham and Isaac with its Hebrew text, the Elegy for J.F.K. with a text by W.H. Auden, and a setting of Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat.


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ABBADO, Claudio: Hearing the Silence
ABBADO, Claudio: Hearing the Silence
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Brahms, Johannes -- Bruckner, Anton -- Debussy, Claude -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Mahler, Gustav -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists: Abbado, Claudio -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Lucerne Festival Orchestra -- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 1: Music for the Theater / Program 2: What Makes A Masterpiece? (G. Schwarz)
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 1: Music for the Theater / Program 2: What Makes A Masterpiece? (G. Schwarz)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Glass, Philip -- Ravel, Maurice -- Sheng, Bright -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: All-Star Orchestra, The -- Schwarz, Gerard
Label/Producer: Naxos
ASHTON, Frederick: Patineurs (Les) / Divertissements / Scenes de ballet (Royal Ballet)
ASHTON, Frederick: Patineurs (Les) / Divertissements / Scenes de ballet (Royal Ballet)
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Massenet, Jules -- Meyerbeer, Giacomo -- Paganini, Nicolo -- Strauss II, Johann -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Tommasini, Vincenzo
Artists: Acosta, Carlos -- Arestis, Christina -- Benjamin, Leanne -- Bussell, Darcey -- Cervera, Ricardo -- Cope, Jonathan -- Cuthbertson, Lauren -- Filpi, Francesca -- Galeazzi, Mara -- Gammon, Philip -- Hirano, Ryoichi -- Kura, Kenta -- Lamb, Sarah -- McRae, Steven -- Morera, Laura -- Murphy, John Paul -- Pennefather, Rupert -- Putrov, Ivan -- Raine, Samantha -- Rojo, Tamara -- Royal Ballet Sinfonia -- Royal Ballet, Covent Garden -- Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden -- Samodurov, Viacheslav -- Scarlett, Liam -- Soares, Thiago -- Uspenski, Andrej -- Watson, Edward -- Wordsworth, Barry -- Yoshida, Miyako
Label/Producer: Opus Arte
BOULEZ, Pierre: Triptyque (Le) (Vienna Festival, 2003)
BOULEZ, Pierre: Triptyque (Le) (Vienna Festival, 2003)
Composers: Falla, Manuel de -- Schoenberg, Arnold -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Boulez, Pierre -- Damiens, Alain -- Ensemble InterContemporain -- Silja, Anja
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution
EUROPA-KONZERT 2008 FROM MOSCOW (Repin, Rattle)
EUROPA-KONZERT 2008 FROM MOSCOW (Repin, Rattle)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Bruch, Max -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Rattle, Simon -- Repin, Vadim
Label/Producer: EuroArts
GALA FROM BERLIN, 2017 (DiDonato, Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle)
GALA FROM BERLIN, 2017 (DiDonato, Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle)
Composers: Bernstein, Leonard -- Brahms, Johannes -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Shostakovich, Dmitry -- Strauss, Richard -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- DiDonato, Joyce -- Rattle, Simon
Label/Producer: EuroArts
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Yang, Jung Yoon
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Yang, Jung Yoon
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Joachim, Joseph -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Ysaye, Eugene
Artists: Loeb, Benjamin -- Yang, Jung Yoon
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Semifinal Round: Paidassi, Solenne
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Semifinal Round: Paidassi, Solenne
Composers: Debussy, Claude -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Schollhorn, Johannes -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Wieniawski, Henryk
Artists: Duzmal, Agnieszka -- Lim, Hyo-Sun -- Paidassi, Solenne -- Polish Radio Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Mohri, Fumika
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Mohri, Fumika
Composers: Marino, Peter Francesco -- Ravel, Maurice -- Schumann, Robert -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Mohri, Fumika -- Ohno, Natsumi
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
INTIMACY OF CREATIVITY 2018: World Premiere Concert 2
INTIMACY OF CREATIVITY 2018: World Premiere Concert 2
Composers: Beaser, Robert -- Murphy, Nicole -- Sheng, Bright -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Uhm, SiHyun
Artists: Cheung, Pius -- Cziger, Tibi -- Dong, Guangyu -- Droscha, Isaac -- Givol, Ira -- Kang, Wenting -- Keren, Jonathan -- Lomdaridze, George -- Manor, Yael -- Moermond, Benjamin -- Sheng, Bright -- Walden, Alexander -- Weisman, Assaff -- Zur, Yonah
Label/Producer: Intimacy of Creativity
KEEPING SCORE - STRAVINSKY, I.: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
KEEPING SCORE - STRAVINSKY, I.: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Composer: Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra -- Thomas, Michael Tilson
Label/Producer: SFS Media
KEYNOTE CONCERT - STRAVINSKY, I.: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (Moog, Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic, M. Francis)
KEYNOTE CONCERT - STRAVINSKY, I.: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (Moog, Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic, M. Francis)
Composer: Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Francis, Michael -- Moog, Joseph -- Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: Naxos
MOZART, W.A.: String Quintet No. 4 / STRAVINSKY, I.: The Rite of Spring (Festival Pablo Casals de Prades, 2003)
MOZART, W.A.: String Quintet No. 4 / STRAVINSKY, I.: The Rite of Spring (Festival Pablo Casals de Prades, 2003)
Composers: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Kefer, Herbert -- Meissl, Johannes -- Muller, Othmar -- Oleg, Raphael -- Shaham, Hagai -- Vanden Eynden, Jean-Claude -- Weber, Denis
Label/Producer: Festival Pablo Casals de Prades
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 1999 - Gala from Berlin: Grand Finales (Abbado)
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 1999 - Gala from Berlin: Grand Finales (Abbado)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Fischer, Ernst -- Kollo, Walter -- Lincke, Paul -- Mahler, Gustav -- Nicolai, Otto -- Prokofiev, Sergey -- Ravel, Maurice -- Schoenberg, Arnold -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Translateur, S.
Artists: Abbado, Claudio -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Berlin Radio Chorus -- Brandauer, Klaus Maria -- RIAS Chamber Chorus
Label/Producer: EuroArts
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 2011 - DANCES AND DREAMS (Kissin, Rattle)
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT 2011 - DANCES AND DREAMS (Kissin, Rattle)
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Grieg, Edvard -- Ravel, Maurice -- Strauss, Richard -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Kissin, Evgeny -- Rattle, Simon
Label/Producer: EuroArts
OLIVEIRA, J.: Revisitando Stravinsky (Ensemble Jocy de Oliveira, 2010)
OLIVEIRA, J.: Revisitando Stravinsky (Ensemble Jocy de Oliveira, 2010)
Composers: Oliveira, Jocy de -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Brazilian Symphony Orchestra -- Ensemble Jocy de Oliveira -- Geluda, Gabriela -- Oliveira, Jocy de -- Ribeiro, Susana -- Stern, Michael
Label/Producer: Spectra
Orchestral Excerpts -KODALY, Z. / STRAVINSKY, I. / SIBELIUS, J. (Masterclass with Vicente Alberola) (Alberola, Camara Palomares)
Orchestral Excerpts -KODALY, Z. / STRAVINSKY, I. / SIBELIUS, J. (Masterclass with Vicente Alberola) (Alberola, Camara Palomares)
Composers: Kodaly, Zoltan -- Sibelius, Jean -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Alberola, Vicente -- Camara Palomares, Luis
Label/Producer: DakApp
Orchestral Excerpts - BEETHOVEN, L. van / BRUCKNER, A. / MAHLER, G. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Masterclass with Nabil Shehata) (Shehata, Kammermeier)
Orchestral Excerpts - BEETHOVEN, L. van / BRUCKNER, A. / MAHLER, G. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Masterclass with Nabil Shehata) (Shehata, Kammermeier)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Bruckner, Anton -- Mahler, Gustav -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Kammermeier, Anton -- Shehata, Nabil
Label/Producer: DakApp
Orchestral Excerpts - BIZET, G. / FALLA, M. de / ROSSINI, G. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Masterclass with Hansjorg Schellenberger) (Brito)
Orchestral Excerpts - BIZET, G. / FALLA, M. de / ROSSINI, G. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Masterclass with Hansjorg Schellenberger) (Brito)
Composers: Bizet, Georges -- Falla, Manuel de -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Brito, Sofia -- Schellenberger, Hansjorg
Label/Producer: DakApp
Orchestral Music - BEETHOVEN, L. van / SIBELIUS, J. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Masterclass with Jukka-Pekka Saraste) (Orchestre de l'HEMU, Saraste)
Orchestral Music - BEETHOVEN, L. van / SIBELIUS, J. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Masterclass with Jukka-Pekka Saraste) (Orchestre de l'HEMU, Saraste)
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Sibelius, Jean -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Orchestre de l'HEMU -- Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Label/Producer: DakApp