Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 1993)
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 1993)
John Cheek, Jon Garrison, Jeffrey Johnson, Shirley Love, Melvin Lowery, Jane West, Wendy White, Arthur Woodley / Robert Craft
[ Naxos / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 June 2009
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"That we have such a direct link to Stravinsky's living thoughts and intentions in Robert Craft and such a powerful performance makes this recording as much a 'must have' as the composer's own."
(MusicWeb July 2009)
"That we have such a direct link to Stravinsky's living thoughts and intentions in Robert Craft and such a powerful performance makes this recording - even with its imperfections - as much a 'must have' as the composer's own."
(MusicWeb July 2009)
Robert Craft first met Stravinsky on the same day that Auden delivered the completed libretto to the composer, and was directly involved in what he describes as "the first step" in the composition of The Rake's Progress. This was principally with regard to helping Stravinsky master the pronunciation, vocabulary and rhythms of the English text, and sharing the composer's excitement as the brilliantly conceived score took shape. This 1993 recording, conducted by Craft, is no less significant than Stravinsky's 1953 Metropolitan Opera recording, available on Naxos Historical 8.111266-67 (see link below!).
