London Philharmonic Orchestra Jurowski Conducts Stravinsky Vol. 2 CD

This recording is the second of a highly-rated three-volume Stravinsky series recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with then Principal Conductor (now Conductor Emeritus) Vladimir Jurowski. This series documents Jurowski's year-long Stravinsky festival with the LPO in 2018, 'Changing Faces'. The festival surveyed Stravinsky's works, programed chronologically alongside his influences and those he influenced. The Fairy's Kiss is a work close to Jurowski's heart. The LPO had performed this work 17 times under his baton by the time of this recording, and the partnership between the conductor and the Orchestra culminates in this performance. It is rare to find a live performance recording of The Sleeping Beauty excerpts. The most recent commercial recording of the Pas de deux was 2012. Stravinsky was in the audience, as an 8-year old, for the premiere performance of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, a performance that was to have a profound effect on him as a composer. Stravinsky's music in the hands of Jurowski delivers live in concert a focus and clarity that is beautifully preserved and realised on these recordings.

1. Stravinsky: The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts), arr. Stravinsky Act III Bluebird Pas-de-Deux - Adagio 2. Stravinsky: The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts), arr. Stravinsky Act III Bluebird Pas-de-Deux - Variation I - Tempo di Valse 3. Stravinsky: The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts), arr. Stravinsky Act III Bluebird Pas-de-Deux: Variation II - Andantino 4. Stravinsky: The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts), arr. Stravinsky Act III Bluebird Pas-de-Deux - Coda - con moto 5. Stravinsky: The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts), arr. Stravinsky Act II Variation dÆAurore 6. Stravinsky: The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts), arr. Stravinsky Act II EntrÆacte 7. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Scene 1 Prologue û The Lullaby in the Storm 8. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Scene 2 A Village F?te 9. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Scene 3 At the Mill 10. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Pas de Deux Entr?e (Moderato) 11. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Pas de Deux Adagio 12. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Pas de Deux Variation (Allegretto grazioso) 13. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Pas de Deux Coda (Presto) 14. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Sc?ne Andante non tanto û Pi? lento 15. Stravinsky: The FairyÆs Kiss: Ballet in Four Scenes Scene 4 Epilogue û Lullaby in the Land of Eternity