Description
Stravinsky: Complete Works for Violin and Piano – Isabelle van Keulen · Olli Mustonen CD
UPC: 8718247710621
MPN: 8802062
Brand Name: Newton Classics
Overview
This brilliant 2-CD Newton Classics edition presents the complete works for violin and piano by Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), performed by the acclaimed duo Isabelle van Keulen (violin) and Olli Mustonen (piano).
Recorded between 1987 and 1988 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, these performances vividly capture Stravinsky’s neoclassical brilliance and rhythmic vitality. The program includes the Suite Italienne and Divertimento (arranged with Samuel Dushkin), as well as Duo Concertant, Elegy, Pastorale, and other dazzling miniatures that blend Baroque elegance with 20th-century wit.
Product Features
- Format: 2 Compact Discs (DDD Stereo)
- Total Duration: 95′08″
- Recording Dates: June 1987 – June 1988
- Recording Location: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Producer & Balance Engineer: Volker Straus
- Genre: Classical / Chamber Music
- Style: Neoclassical / 20th-Century Modernism
- Label: Newton Classics B.V. (licensed from Decca Music Group Ltd.)
- Country of Manufacture: Netherlands
- Art Direction & Design: Jan Martin Wilschut BNO, Amsterdam Hotsprings
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Cover Images:
- Olli Mustonen – M. Harrison / Lebrecht / HH
- Isabelle van Keulen – Marco Borggreve / HH
Interesting Facts
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Composer and Violinist Collaboration Many of the pieces here were arranged by Stravinsky himself with violinist Samuel Dushkin, creating idiomatic and sparkling dialogues between violin and piano.
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Neoclassical Fire and Precision From the Suite Italienne’s elegant dance forms to the lyrical restraint of the Duo Concertant, Stravinsky fuses 18th-century clarity with 20th-century bite and rhythmic sharpness.
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Exceptional Duo Performance Isabelle van Keulen and Olli Mustonen deliver performances of extraordinary balance—Mustonen’s crisp articulation perfectly complements van Keulen’s golden tone and expressive phrasing.
Track Listing
CD 1 – 51′45″
Suite Italienne (from Pulcinella, after Pergolesi – arr. Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin)
- Introduzione – 2′23″
- Serenata – 3′20″
- Tarantella – 2′10″
- Gavotta con due variazioni – 11′07″
- Scherzino – 1′10″
- Minuetto e Finale – 4′39″
Ballad (from Le Baiser de la fée) – 4′04″ Danse russe (from Petrushka) – 2′54″ Chanson russe (from Mavra) – 3′40″ Pastorale – 3′19″
Divertimento (from Le Baiser de la fée, arr. Stravinsky & Dushkin)
- Sinfonia – 6′30″
- Danses suisses – 4′11″
- Scherzo – 3′08″
- Pas de deux (Adagio–Variation–Coda) – 6′16″
CD 2 – 43′23″
Duo Concertant
- Cantilène – 2′48″
- Églogue I – 2′18″
- Églogue II – 3′02″
- Gigue – 3′46″
- Dithyrambe – 2′56″
Tango (arr. Mustonen) – 2′51″ Élégie – 4′14″
Prélude et Ronde des Princesses (from L’Oiseau de feu) – 5′54″ Berceuse – 2′57″ Scherzo – 2′48″ La Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle, arr. Stravinsky) – 1′13″ Airs du Rossignol (from Le Rossignol) – 4′57″
Performers: Isabelle van Keulen – Violin Olli Mustonen – Piano
Publishers
© 1989 Decca Music Group Ltd. © 2011 Newton Classics B.V. under license to MCPS. Manufactured and printed in the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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