Stravinsky: Le Baiser De La Fée/Orpheus

Stravinsky: Le Baiser De La Fée/Orpheus

On this CD:

1. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in four scenes for orchestra The Lullaby in the Storm
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Craft

2. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in four scenes for orchestra A Village Fête
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Craft

3. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in four scenes for orchestra At the Mill
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Craft

4. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in four scenes for orchestra Scene
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Craft

5. Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in four scenes for orchestra The Lullaby of the Land Beyond Time and Place
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Craft

6. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra First Scene
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Craft

7. Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra Second Scene
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Craft

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Stravinsky was often at his best when borrowing tunes from other sources, and The Fairy's Kiss is a case in point. The source of the melodic material was Tchaikovsky, a curious choice given Stravinsky's anti- Romantic musical philosophy. But like most of us, he was a sucker for Tchaikovsky, and this ballet based on some of the composer's more obscure piano pieces is both a loving tribute and vintage Stravinsky. The music for Orpheus, by contrast, is wholly original, and it's one of the composer's most purely beautiful late works. Robert Craft, a friend of the composer, knows this music as well as anyone, and conducts with authority and affection. -- David Hurwitz

Stravinsky: Le Baiser De La Fée/Orpheus, Music, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, London Symphony Orchestra, 20th/21st Century Ballet, Ballet, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Orchestral & Symphonic

Stravinsky: Le Baiser De La Fée/Orpheus

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