The Diaghilev Connection II
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Sergei Diaghilev in a portrait by Valentin Serov, 1904
He had gained fame by commissioning Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe and Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Petrouchka, and The Rite of Spring. And by the outbreak of World War I, Sergei Diaghilev’s talent for cultivating and nurturing great artists in music, visual art and dance had made him the undisputed center of the ballet world.
But the war saw his Ballets Russes scattered to the four corners of the globe, while infighting and professional rivalries began taking their toll, as well.
In the next hour, how Diaghilev emerged triumphant to inspire and commission a decade of important music from de Falla, Satie, Respighi, Milhaud, Poulenc, Prokofiev— and two more from Stravinsky.
RECORDINGS USED
CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella
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Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, tenor John Fryatt, Simon Rattle (cond.)
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EMI Classics CDM 7 69204 2
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07777692042
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Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
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New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
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Sony MYK 44721
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074644472127
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Homage to Satie
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Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel
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Vanguard 1612
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699675161224
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Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Respighi La Boutique Fantastique
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Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler
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RCA 09026-61847-2
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090266184729
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Stravinsky Ballets (for Les Noces)
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L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
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Decca 4678182
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028946781821
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Ballets Russes Vol. 9 (for Le Train Bleu & La Chatte)
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German Radio Philharmonic, Robert Reimer
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Hanssler Classics 93.296
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4010276025689
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Poulenc - Animaux modeles - Les Biches
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Odense Symphony Orchestra, Jan Wagner
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Classico CLASSCD 239
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5709644986446
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Prokofiev Ballets (for The Prodigal Son & Chout)
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USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Melodiya 1000909
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4600317009091
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Stravinsky: Firebird, Petrushka • Suites Nos. 1 And 2
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BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels, Alexander Rahbari
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Naxos 8.550263
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4891030502635
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