2: Donald Macleod explores the emergence of Stravinsky's neo-classical style in his
Octet, looks at a bal let that the composer struggled with intermittently for 20 years, and investigates the music he wrote when he began to establish himself with a new career as a virtuoso pianist.
Parasha 's Aria (Mavra) Jane Manning
(soprano), Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) Les Noces Rosalind Rees (soprano), Katherine Ciesinski (mezzo),
Sam Hutchinson (tenor), David Evitt (baritone),
Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor Robert Craft
Octet Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Piano Sonata Charles Rosen
Repeated Monday 12 midnight