Ways to listen
Conducted by Pierre Boulez, this all-Stravinsky disc features Stravinsky at his most playful and most motoric, in the neo-classical Pulcinella and the brawny Symphony in Three Movements. The brief and witty Four Études are heard between those two works.
Contents:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez conductor
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Stravinsky Four Studies/Études
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan tenor
Kyle Ketelsen bass-baritone
Recorded: 2009, Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Released: Jan. 26, 2010