Stravinsky - Les Noces, Mass, Chamber Works, etc

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Les Noces
Russian Peasant Wedding
Dance Scenes for Soloists, Choir,
Four Pianos and Percussion (1914-1923)

Cora Bijster, Soprano
Corrie Canne Meyer, Mezzo-Soprano
Ernst Häfliger, Tenor
Hermann Schey, Bass
Der Niederländische Kammerchor,
Four Pianos and Percussion
Felix de Nobel, director

Mass for Choir
and Ten Wind Instruments (1948)

Paternoster (1926)

Ave Maria (1934)

Der Niederländische Kammerchor
with a wind ensemble / Felix de Nobel

(Philips, Holland Festival, 1954)

__________________________

Chamber Works 1911-1954
Igor Stravinsky conducting

In Memoriam Dylan Thomas (1954)

Richard Robinson, Tenor / Lloyd Ulyate,
Hoyt Bohannon, Francis Howard,
Seymour Zeldin, Trombones / Israel Baker,
Sol Babitz, Violins / Cecil Figelski, Viola
George Neikrug, Cello

Three Shakespeare Songs (1953)

Grace-Lynne Martin, Soprano
Arthur Gleghorn, Flute / Hugo Raimondi,
Clarinet / Cecil Figelski, Viola

Septet (1953)

David Oppenheim, Clarinet
Loren Glickman, Bassoon / John Barrows,
Horn / Ralph Kirkpatrick, Piano
Alexander Schneider, Violin
Karen Tuttel, Viola / Bernard Greenhouse,
Cello

Four Russian Songs for Flute, Harp,
Guitar and Soprano (1915-1919)

Marni Nixon, Soprano / Arthur Gleghorn,
Flute / Dorothy Remsen, Harp
Jack Marshall, Guitar

Two Balmont Songs (1911)

Marni Nixon, Soprano / Shibley Boyes,
Piano / A. Gleghorn and A. Hoberman,
Flutes / H. Raimondi and W. Ulyate,
Clarinets / I. Baker and D. Albert, Violins
C. Figelski, Viola / Howard Colf, Cello

Three Japanese Lyrics (1913)

Three Souvenirs (1913)

Marilynn Horne, Soprano
with chamber orchestra

Four Russian Choruses (1914-1917)

(Columbia, 1956)

__________________________________

I don't know if the Philips LP is at all known -
but the performances are excellent.
__________________________________

New LP transfers of above material. Includes covers,
labels and notes (German and English); English notes
by Robert Craft; French vocal text (Les Noces).