Description: ****Welcome to our listing, thanks very much for looking! ****Shipping cost is only an estimate - it depends on the actual weight and size of the package as well as the service required. We do not profit from shipping costs, so if we overcharge, we will refund the difference back to you. It's always best to wait for our invoice before paying for your item. We will combine shipping for multiple items purchased. Background -Igor Stravinsky was one of music's truly epochal innovators; no other composer of the 20th century exerted such a pervasive influence or dominated his art in the way that Stravinsky did during his seven-decade musical career. Aside from purely technical considerations such as rhythm and harmony, the most important hallmark of Stravinsky's style is, indeed, its changing face. Emerging from the spirit of late Russian nationalism and ending his career with a thorny, individual language steeped in 12-tone principles, Stravinsky assumed a number of aesthetic guises throughout the course of his development while always retaining a distinctive, essential identity. Although he was the son of one of the Mariinsky Theater's principal basses and a talented amateur pianist, Stravinsky had no more musical training than that of any other Russian upper-class child. He entered law school, but also began private composition and orchestration studies with Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. By 1909, the orchestral works Scherzo fantastique and Fireworks had impressed Sergei Diaghilev enough for him to ask Stravinsky to orchestrate, and subsequently compose, ballets for his company. Stravinsky's triad of early ballets -- The Firebird (1909-1910), Petrushka (1910-1911), and most importantly, The Rite of Spring (1911-1913) -- did more to establish his reputation than any of his other works; indeed, the riot which followed the premiere of The Rite is one of the most notorious events in music history. Stravinsky and his family spent the war years in Switzerland, returning to France in 1920. His jazz-inflected essays of the 1910s and 1920s -- notably, Ragtime (1918) and The Soldier's Tale (1918) -- gave way to one of the composer's most influential aesthetic turns. The neo-Classical tautness of works as diverse as the ballet Pulcinella (1919-1920), the Symphony of Psalms (1930) and, decades later, the opera The Rake's Progress (1948-1951) made a widespread impact and had an especial influence upon the fledgling school of American composers that looked to Stravinsky as its primary model. He had begun touring as a conductor and pianist, generally performing his own works. In the 1930s, he toured the Americas and wrote several pieces fulfilling American commissions, including the Concerto in E flat, "Dumbarton Oaks." After the deaths of his daughter, his wife, and his mother within a period of less than a year, Stravinskyemmigrated to America, settling in California with his second wife in 1940. His works between 1940 and 1950 show a mixture of styles, but still seem centered on Russian or French traditions. Stravinsky's cultural perspective was changed after Robert Craft became his musical assistant, handling rehearsals for Stravinsky, traveling with him, and later, co-authoring his memoirs. Craft is credited with helping Stravinsky accept 12-tone composition as one of the tools of his trade. Characteristically, though, he made novel use of such principles in his own music, producing works in a highly original vein: Movements (1958-1959) for piano and orchestra, Variations: Aldous Huxley in Memoriam (1963), and the Requiem Canticles (1965-1966) are among the most striking. Craft prepared the musicians for the exemplary series of Columbia Records LPs Stravinsky conducted through the stereo era, covering virtually all his significant works. Despite declining health in his last years, Stravinsky continued to compose until just before his death in April 1971. - Rovi Staff This listing is for a rare 57-DISC box set title - a FACTORY SEALED box set PRESSED and ISSUED by SONY CLASSICAL (see our pictures as most of them are of the actual item) of a highly collectible title, featuring the music of - Igor Stravinsky56-CD / 1-DVD Box Set Title - Igor Stravinsky - The Complete Columbia Album CollectionTrack Listing -CD 1 [1-14]: Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring) CD 1 [15]: Bonus disc in set Stravinsky Conducts Le Sacre Du Printemps / Petroushka CD 2 [1-17]: Petrouchka + Scènes De Ballet CD 2 [18-21]: Divertimento CD 3: The Fire Bird (L´Oiseau De Feu) (New Augmented Version) / Fireworks (Opus 4) CD 4: Symphony Of Psalms ‧ Symphony In Three Movements CD 5: Russian Music For Two Pianos CD 6 [1-11]: Orpheus (Ballet In Three Scenes) CD 6 [12-16]: Mass Conducted By The Composer CD 7: Duo Concertant ‧ Baal Shem ‧ Pastorale CD 8 [1-9]: Divertimento From The Ballet The Fairy's Kiss ; Danses Concertantes CD 8 [10-13]: Piano Concerto (1923-24) / Scherzo à la Russe - Pater Noster - Ave Maria CD 9: Music For String Orchestra CD 10: Fireworks ‧ Ode ‧ Russian Maiden's Song ‧ Ebony Concerto ‧ Norwegian Moods ‧ Circus Polka CD 11: Oedipus Rex CD 12/13: The Rake's Progress (Opera in Three Acts) CD 14: Pulcinella, Ballet with Song in One Act after Pergolesi (Complete) CD 15: Symphony In C(1940) / Cantata(1952) CD 16: Conducting L'Histoire Du Soldat Suite • Octet For Wind Instruments • Symphonies Of Wind Instruments CD 17: In Memoriam Dylan Thomas - Three Shakespeare Songs - Septet - Four Russian Songs - Two Balmont Songs - Three Japanese Lyrics - Three Souvenirs - Four Russian Peasant Songs CD 18: The Fairy's Kiss ("Le Baiser De La Fée") CD 19: Stravinsky: Persephone CD 20: Agon (A Ballet For Twelve Dancers) / Canticum Sacrum CD 21: Threni - Id Est Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae (1957-58) CD 22: Stravinsky Conducts Le Sacre Du Printemps / Petroushka CD 23: Serenade In A ・ Sonata / Suite, Op. 25 ・ Two Piano Pieces, Op. 33a And b CD 24: Conducts 1961 CD 25 [1-15]: Prince Of Madrigalists / Tributes To His Astonishing Life & Music CD 25 [16]: Madrigals And Sacred Music CD 26: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Le Rossignol (An Opera In Three Acts) CD 27: The Firebird CD 28: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D (1931) / Symphony In Three Movements (1945) CD 29: Works For Two Pianos And Four Hands CD 30: The Flood - A Biblical Allegory Based On Noah And The Ark CD 31: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Les Noces / Renard / Ragtime For Eleven Instruments) CD 32: Stravinsky Conducts Oedipus Rex (Opera-Oratorio In Two Acts After Sophocles) CD 33: Symphony Of Psalms / Symphony In C CD 34: Stravinsky Conducts (Orpheus / Apollo) CD 35: Stravinsky Conducts Favorite Short Pieces CD 36: Stravinsky Conducts Ballet Music CD 37: Stravinsky Conducts His Choral Music CD 38/39: Stravinsky Conducts The Rake´s Progress (An Opera In Three Acts) CD 40: The Fairy´s Kiss CD 41: Meeting At The Summit CD 42: Stravinsky Conducts Pulcinella (Complete) (Ballet With Song, In One Act, After Pergolesi) CD 43: Stravinsky Conducts Perséphone CD 44: Symphony In E-Flat, Opus 1 CD 45: Mavra / Les Noces CD 46 [1–7/13–15]: Stravinsky Conducts Cantata / Mass / In Memoriam Dylan Thomas CD 46 [16–21]: Recent Stravinsky Conducted By The Composer CD 47: Stravinsky Conducts Firebird Suite / Petrushka Suite CD 48: Piano Concertos CD 49 [1-11]: Stravinsky Conducts Histoire Du Soldat Suite / Pulcinella Suite CD 49 [12-14]: The Spectacular Sound Of Stravinsky - Six Orchestral Showpieces Conducted By The Composer CD 50: The New Stravinsky CD 51: Songs CD 52: Stravinsky Conducts Four Norwegian Moods / Ode / Danses Concertantes / Concerto In D For String Orchestra CD 53 [1-4]: Stravinsky Conducts Music For Chamber And Jazz Ensembles CD 53 [5-12]: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Choral Music) CD 53 [13]: Jennie Tourel Sings Russian Songs CD 53 [14-20]: Bonus LP BS 14 in set Nine Masterpieces Conducted By The Composer Igor Stravinsky CD 54: Les Noces / Chant Du Rossignol / Symphonies Of Wind Instruments CD 55: Tashi Plays Stravinsky CD 56: The Soldier's Tale DVD: Stravinsky in Hollywood, Written, directed & edited by Marco Capalbo CDs 1–9, 11–13, 15, 17, 19, 23–25, 29, 30 [8–12], 45, 46 and 54 transferred, mixed and mastered from the original analogue discs and tapes using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology by Andreas K. Meyer and Jeanne Montalvo, Meyer Media LLC CDs 10, 14, 16, 18, 20–22, 26–28, 30–44, 47–53 and 55 mastered by Martin Kistner, b-sharp music & media solutions CD 56 mastered by Richard King, Sony Music Studios DVD Premastering: platin media productions DVD Design: WAPS Communication / [ec:ko] communications DVD Editors & Subtitles: texthouse Other Information / Credits include - DVD: A production of BFMI and WDR in collaboration with ARTE P & C BFMI 2014 · Editorial C 2014 C Major Entertainment GmbH, Berlin • Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment • Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment • Booklet Editor – Jochen Rudelt • Design – [ec:ko] Communications • Liner Notes – Richard Taruskin • Liner Notes [Translation] – Josée Bégaud, Stefan Lerche • Producer – Robert Russ • Research [Discographical] – Michael Gray*, Philip Stuart • Research [Document] – Michael Panico • Research [Tape] – Anthony Fountain (2) 88875026162 · This compilation P & C 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Sony Classical and [Sony Classical Label] are trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment RCA is a registered trademark of RCA Trademark Management SA All trademarks and logos are protected · Made in the EU 264-page hardcover book included. Made in the EU. • Barcode: 888750261625 • Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA • Label Code: LC 06868This 57-DISC box set is from the SONY CLASSICAL series of CDs. Catalog # 88875026162Made in the EU (Germany) Issued in 2015 The CDs, BOX AND INSERTS are all assumed to be in MINT overall condition as this item is FACTORY SEALED! NO crushing, NO splits, NO cut out marks and NO tears with the plastic wrap. This CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system). Do not let this rarity slip by!
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Features: Made in the EU, Issued 2015, 57-CD, 1-DVD Box Set, Compilation, Import, Sealed
Catalog Number: 88875026162
Custom Bundle: No
MPN: SONY 57-Disc Box 88875026162
Format: CD (57-Disc Box Set)
Modified Item: No
Occasion: none
Era: 2010s
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Bloch, Schoenberg
CD Grading: Mint (M)
Edition: Anthology, Collector's Edition, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition
Record Label: Sony Classics
Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve
Release Title: Complete Album Collection
Conductor: Igor Stravinsky
Artist: Igor Stravinsky
Release Year: 2015
Style: 2010s
Color: Silver
Genre: Classical Artists
Case Condition: Mint (M)
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Performer Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra, Philharmonic Symphony of New York, Columbia Broadcasting Symphony, Vitya Vronsky, Victor Babin, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Szigeti, Woody Hermann Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Charles Rosen
Type: Box Set (56-CDs / 1-DVD)
