Stravinsky’s famous ballets The Firebird and The Rite of Spring are balanced on this impressive live set with valuable lesser-known pieces In 2018, the London Philharmonic and its principal conductor ...

When news circulates of a previously unknown work by a canonical composer, the best response is often to pay no heed. The hype that surrounds such discoveries routinely exaggerates the value of ...

Igor Stravinsky looms large in the pantheon of modern composers. Both the White House and the Kremlin sent representatives to his April 1971 funeral in Manhattan. Two weeks later, thousands swelled ...

Sydney Symphony Orchestra chief conductor and artistic director, David Robertson, continued his project of curating the placement of Stravinsky's early ballet masterpieces in thoughtful contexts, by ...

As you listen to the assured, complex ballet music Igor Stravinsky wrote for The Firebird, it’s impressive to think that the composer was only twenty-seven when he created it. While Stravinsky was ...

In the early 1900s, a relatively unknown Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballet Russes. Stravinsky wasn’t Diaghilev’s first choice — many ...

(The) Faun and Shepherdess London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Scherzo fantastique London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Chant Funèbre (Funeral Song) London ...

Igor Stravinsky’s fortunes had not kept pace with his fame. In the 37 years since he had written it, The Firebird had made a lot of money, but not for him. For one thing, as a Russian emigre, his ...

The vibrant Russian colouring of The Firebird and the austerity of the Symphony of Psalms make for an uncommon coupling, but Nelsons and his Birmingham forces are wise to the marked differences of ...