Classics of the Phonograph:

By John Frayne

 

After a decade in which Igor Stravinsky's ballet, "The Rite of Spring" had stunned the musical world, in the 1920s Stravinsky changed direction. In his "neoclassical" period, he found inspiration in the music of earlier centuries. In Classics of the Phonograph, Saturday at 11, we will hear Stravinsky's early recordings of such works as "Apollo" and "Symphony of Psalms," on Illinois Classical.  

 

Playlist: Apollo (1928) excerpts, RCA Orchestra, Stravinsky conducting, 1950

Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, Stravinsky, piano, Straram Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, conducting, 1930

Concerto for Violin, excerpts, Samuel Dushkin, violin, Lamoureux Orch., Stravinsky conducting, 1935

Symphony of Psalms, excerpts, Alexis Vlassov Chorus, Straram Orch., Stravinsky conducting, 1930