Igor Stravinsky- STRAVINSKY PAR BOULEZ (Orig..1961)

Stravinsky Par Boulez (ADES 197? - orig. 1962)

From the back cover notes (in French - enclosed):

The works contained in this album were composed between 1914 and 1920,. THis period in Stravinsky's work was named "The Russian Period", but only after the fact. However, during this time he lived in Switzerland, in Salvan, Clarens and Morges; and he composed about fifteen works starting with the Three Pieces For String Quartet (1914) through Renard and Les Noces (1917), to L'Histoire du Soldat and finally Three Pieces For Clarinet (1919). It was in France that he wrote the Concertino For String Quartet and the Symphony For Wind Instruments which ended this period in 1920.
-Andre Schaeffner (Tranlation: Dr.I)

Some observations:
These chamber works, with their stripped-to-the-bone orchestration and tight directness of expression are perfectly suited to the Domaine Musicale under the direction of Pierre Boulez. The dry, direct quality of the recording highlights this well.

Renard; the relatively unheard barnyard fable is a treat, with it's cranky instrumentation and it's caricatured vocals and onomatopoeic touches. And the Concertino For Twelve Istruments (a 1952 Transcription of the 1920 Concertino For String Quartet) has, in my experience, never sounded better.
-Dr.I

Side One:

A1: Renard (Histoire burlesque chantée et jouée) 1916-17 (15:01)

(Cimbalom – Elemer Kiss
Bass Vocals – Louis-Jacques Rondeleux, Xavier Depraz
Libretto By – Igor Stravinsky
Tenor Vocals – Jean Giraudeau, Louis Devos
Conductor [Direction] – Pierre Boulez
French Translation Of Libretto – C.-F. Ramuz)


A2-5: 3 Pièces For String Quartet (1914)

No.1-Danse (:57)
No.2-Excentrique (1:55)
No.3-Cantique (3:34)

(Violins – Jacques Ghestem, Jacques Parrenin
Viola – Michel Walès
Cello – Pierre PenassouEnsemble – Quatuor Parrenin)

Side Two:

B1: 3 Pièces For Clarinet (1919)
1- (1:46)
2- (1:02)
3- (1:13)

(Clarinet – Guy Deplus)


B2: Concertino For 12 Instruments (1952 revision of Concertino for String Quartet from 1920)

(Trombone [Bass] – Maurice Suzan
Oboe – Claude Maisonneuve
Bassoon – André Rabot, Jean-Pierre Laroque
Flute – Jacques Castagner
Trombone [Tenor] – René Allain
Cello – Pierre Penassou
English Horn – Paul Taillefer
Violin – Jacques Parrenin
Clarinet – Guy Deplus
Trumpet – Jacques Lecointre, Pierre Pollin
Conductor [Direction] – Pierre Boulez )


B3: Symphony For Wind Instruments (1920 - rév. 1947)
("In Memory of Claude-Achille Debussy")

Conductor– Pierre Boulez



















Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
Performed By - Orchestre Du Domaine Musicale
Coordinator [Collection Conducted by] – Pierre Boulez
Layout – Maurice Tapiero
Liner Notes [French] – André Schaeffner, Pierre Boulez
Producer – Lucien Adès
Recording Supervisor – Jacques Pradère

Recorded at Studios Europa-Sonor, Paris

Stereo version: ADES 16-010
Originally released in mono in 1961
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