Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg & Gustavo Gimeno - Stravinsky: Orchestral Works (2018)

This double album offers a testimony to Stravinsky’s overwhelming musical heritage, covering all the phases of his creative life. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is twentieth-century music! More than any other composer, he continued to develop his compositional style throughout his seven-decade-spanning career, innovating and adopting all the most important musical trends of his century. Historically, the musical journey starts with one of the first recordings of the recently rediscovered Funeral Song (1909), composed as a tribute to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov. The next phase in his development is represented with the raw but tremendously refined Rite of Spring (1913), Stravinsky’s most famous work that created a scandal at its Paris world premiere, and immediately turned him into a star. His Neoclassical style is showcased by Jeu de cartes (1937) and the Concerto in D (1947), whereas Agon (1957) presents Stravinsky’s original take on Schoenberg’s serialism. This multifarious repertoire is performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and their Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, who continue their acclaimed PENTATONE series of composer portraits that already featured monographs of Shostakovich, Bruckner, Ravel and Mahler.

Tracklist:
1. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": I. Introduction 03:25
2. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": II. Les augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes 03:15
3. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": III. Jeu du rapt 01:18
4. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": IV. Rondes printanières 03:17
5. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": V. Jeux des cités rivales 01:51
6. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": VI. Cortège du sage 01:07
7. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": VII. Danse de la terre 01:14
8. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "Le sacrifice": VIII. Introduction 04:16
9. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "Le sacrifice": IX. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes 03:27
10. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "Le sacrifice": X. Glorification de l'élue 01:27
11. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "Le sacrifice": XI. Evocation des ancêtres 00:43
12. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "Le sacrifice": XII. Action rituelle des ancêtres 04:00
13. Le sacre du printemps, Pt. 2 "Le sacrifice": XIII. Danse sacrale 04:35
14. Chant funèbre, Op. 5 12:32
15. Jeu de cartes: No. 1, Première donne 05:52
16. Jeu de cartes: No. 2, Deuxième donne 09:44
17. Jeu de cartes: No. 3, Troisième donne 08:34
18. Concerto in D "Basle": I. Vivace 05:43
19. Concerto in D "Basle": II. Arioso. Andantino 02:53
20. Concerto in D "Basle": III. Rondo. Allegro 03:24
21. Agon, Pt. 1: I. Pas-de-quatre 01:39
22. Agon, Pt. 1: II. Double pas-de-quatre 01:29
23. Agon, Pt. 1: III. Triple pas-de-quatre 01:06
24. Agon: Prélude 00:52
25. Agon, Pt. 2 "Premier pas-de-trois": I. Saraband-step 01:14
26. Agon, Pt. 2 "Premier pas-de-trois": II. Gaillarde 01:14
27. Agon, Pt. 2 "Premier pas-de-trois": III. Coda 01:17
28. Agon: Interlude (1) 00:52
29. Agon, Pt. 3 "Second pas-de-trois": I. Bransle simple 00:58
30. Agon, Pt. 3 "Second pas-de-trois": II. Bransle gay 00:55
31. Agon, Pt. 3 "Second pas-de-trois": III. Bransle double 01:20
32. Agon: Interlude (2) 00:51
33. Agon, Pt. 4: Ia. Pas-de-deux 03:38
34. Agon, Pt. 4: Ib. Coda 01:20
35. Agon, Pt. 4: II. Quatre duos 00:33
36. Agon, Pt. 4: III. Quatre trios 02:23