20Classics Ens:Sj Ch:Po:Craft - Stravinsky: Duo Concertante/ Duo Piano Sonata/ Requiem Canticles

The acclaimed Naxos Robert Craft Stravinsky Edition continues with this fascinating album of diverse pieces by one of the 20th Century's iconic composers. The Duo Concertant reconciles the contrasting timbres of violin and piano, while the breezy Sonata for Two Pianos, written in America, draws on Russian themes. The Requiem Canticles was performed at Stravinsky's funeral, while the 'sacred ballad' Abraham and Isaac is a dramatic and moving retelling of the Old Testament story. The elegie for solo viola is one of his most affecting works, and Bluebird is a loving arrangement for chamber orchestra of excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty.