Igor Strawinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Abraham and Isaac, Babel, Elegy for John for John F. Kennedy, Verlaine Lieder - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gary Bertini / Orfeo Audio CD 1982 Stereo / C 015 821 A

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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with citizenship in France (from 1934) and the United States (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.

Stravinsky's father was an established bass opera singer, and Stravinsky grew up taking piano and music theory lessons. While studying law at the University of Saint Petersburg, he met Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and studied under him until Rimsky-Korsakov's death in 1908. Stravinsky met the impresario Sergei Diaghilev soon after, who commissioned Stravinsky to write three ballets: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), the last of which brought him international fame after the near-riot at the premiere, and changed the way composers understood rhythmic structure.

Tracklist:

Symphonie de psaumes

1.  Exaudi, orationem meam, Domine    3:04

2.  Exspectans exspectavi Dominum   6:29

3.  Alleluia! Laudate Dominum    11:17

Deux Poémes de Paul Verlaine

4.  Sagesse : Un grand sommeil    1:20

5.  La bonne chanson - La lune blanche   3:07

6.  Babel   5:59
      Kantante fur Minnerchor, Sprecher und Orchester

7.  Abraham und Isaac 12:09
     Geistliche Ballade fur Bariton und Kammerorchester

8.  Elegy for J. F. Kennedy   2:01
     fur Bariton und drei Klarinetten

• Bariton - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Orchestra - Sudfukchor und Radio-Symphonieorchester Stuttgart