Igor Stravinsky - Chamber Music / Short Pieces

Tracklist

A1	Preludium, For Jazz Band	1:28
A2	Ragtime For Eleven Instruments	4:36
A3	Tango, For Chamber Orchestra	4:05
Ebony Concerto, For Clarinet Solo And Jazz Band	9:21
A4	I. Allegro Moderato
A5	II. Andante
A6	III. Moderato, Con Moto
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B1	Concertino For Twelve Instruments	6:18
Octet For Wind Instruments
B2	I. Sinfonia	3:55
B3	II. Tema Con Variazioni - III. Finale	10:41
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C1	Greeting Prelude, For Orchestra	0:52
C2	Double Canon, For String Quartet ("Raoul Dufy In Memoriam")	1:21
C3	Epitaphium Für Das Grabmal Des Prinzen Max Egon Zu Fürstenberg, For Flute, Clarinet And Harp	1:12
C4	Symphonies Of Wind Instruments, For 23 Wind Instruments (1947 Version)	8:35
C5	Septet, For Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Piano, Violin, Viola And Cello	11:49
D1	The Star Spangled Banner	1:21
D2	Elegy For J. F. K., For Voice And Three Clarinets	1:50
Four Russian Peasant Songs, For Female Chorus ("The Saucers")	4:10
D3	I. On Saint's Day In Chigisakh - II. Ovsen - III. The Pike - IV. Master Portly
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D4	The Owl And The Pussy-Cat, For Voice And Piano	2:32
D5	Eight Instrumental Miniatures, For 15 Players	7:53
D6	Orchestra Variations "Aldous Huxley In Memoriam"	4:51

Credits

• Cello – George Neikrug (tracks: C2)
• Choir – Festival Singers Of Toronto (tracks: D1), Gregg Smith Singers (tracks: D3)
• Cimbalom – Toni Koves* (tracks: A2)
• Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: A4 to A6), Charles Russo (tracks: D2), Jack Kreiselman (tracks: D2), Kalman Bloch (tracks: C3), Paul E. Howland (tracks: D2)
• Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
• Conductor – Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft (tracks: C4)
• Conductor [Choir Director] – Elmer Iseler (tracks: D1), Gregg Smith (tracks: D3)
• Ensemble – Columbia Chamber Ensemble (tracks: A2, B1 to B3, C5), Columbia Jazz Group* (tracks: A2, B1 to B3, C5), Columbia Symphony Winds And Brass (tracks: C4)
• Flute – Arthur Gleghorn (tracks: C3)
• Harp – Dorothy Remsen (tracks: C3)
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Cathy Berberian (tracks: D2)
• Orchestra – CBC Symphony Orchestra (tracks: D1, D5), Columbia Symphony Orchestra (tracks: C1, D6)
• Piano – Robert Craft (tracks: D4)
• Soprano Vocals – Adrienne Albert (tracks: D4)
• Viola – Sanford Schonbach (tracks: C2)
• Violin [I] – Israel Baker (tracks: C2)
• Violin [Ii] – Otis Igelman (tracks: C2)

Notes

Compilation of previously issued performances by various artists and ensembles. Includes paper insert with song texts and notes. CBS Masterworks labels with "Igor Stravinsky" signature.