Musical Travellers
With Richard Baker.
5: Stravinsky in France. It was Stravinsky's collaboration with Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev which first brought him to Paris. The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring soon followed, and Paris became the centre of Stravinsky's musical life for the next 30 years. Including:
Stravinsky Infernal Dance (The Firebird)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Debussy Ariette Oubliée No 1 Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)
Stravinsky Sacrificial Dance (The Rite of Spring)
City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Pergolesi Presto (Sinfonia in G) St Paul 's Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood