Title: | Symphonies |
Otros títulos: | Symphony of Psalms in C in 3 Movements Sinfonías Sinfonía de los Salmos en C en 3 movimientos |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Igor Strawinsky; Sir Georg Solti; Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
Código CDU: | Str.03 |
Forma Musical: | Symphonies, Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with Orchestra |
Abstract: | Igor Stravinsky completed his Symphony in Three Movements in 1945. The first movement was begun in April 1942, and the final work was completed a few months after the end of World War II. During this time the composer was engaged in contract negotiations to write film scores. Among the film moguls interested in commissioning Stravinsky was Louis B. Mayer, then president of MGM. Stravinsky had already written music before the projects were scrapped, and much of it found its way into Symphony in Three Movements. The outer movements involved wartime news footage, and the central movement was written for the appearance of the Virgin Mary in the film The Song of Bernadette, based on the Franz Werfel novel. To integrate the different groups of material, Stravinsky chose to feature the piano and harp in separate, concertante roles in the first two movements, and then combined them in the third movement in an extended fugal arrangement. The symphony is a great balancing act, weaving together ... |
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4. Symphony in C - I Moderato alla breve.mp3 | 9:42 | 13.30Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
5. Symphony in C - II Larghetto concertante.mp3 | 6:28 | 8.882Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
6. Symphony in C - III Allegretto.mp3 | 5:02 | 6.911Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
7. Symphony in ... mpo giusto alla breve).mp3 | 7:07 | 9.763Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
8. Symphony of Psalms - I Pulso de negra = 92.mp3 | 3:22 | 4.618Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
9. Symphony of Psalms - II Corcheas = 60.mp3 | 6:41 | 9.160Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
10. Symphony of ... 48 (Pulso blanca = 80).mp3 | 11:01 | 15.10Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
Symphony in Three Movements - Completo.wav | 22:21 | 225.6Mb | WAV audio | wav | |
Symphony in C - Completo.wav | 28:11 | 284.4Mb | WAV audio | wav | |
Symphony of Psalms - Completo.wav | 20:57 | 211.5Mb | WAV audio | wav | |
1. Symphony in ... - I Pulso negra = 160.mp3 | 10:12 | 13.99Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
2 & 3. Symphony ... tempo) - III Con moto.mp3 | 12:12 | 16.73Mb | Unknown | mp3 |