{"product_id":"960270-2","title":"Craft - Stravinskylater Ballets [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommissioned by George Balanchine, 'Jeu de cartes' is a prime example of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas emerging helter-skelter from Stravinsky's imagination. Unlike his other ballets, it contains no slow music and no lovers' pas-de-deux adagio. 'Danses concertantes' was the first large-scale piece composed entirely in what was to be Stravinsky's Hollywood home for the next 24 years. First performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Robert Craft, 'Variations' are the densest music Stravinsky ever wrote, yet the ingenious rhythmic structures allow every note to be heard. Ezra Pound, in a balcony at the Teatro La Fenice for a September 1934 performance of the 'Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra', wrote: \\\\the piano and orchestra are as two shells of a walnut. Alban Berg, who had shared the same concert with Stravinsky, remarked to the latter: 'I wish I could write such happy music'.''\u003cp\u003eFirst Deal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond Deal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThird Deal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarche - Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePas D'action - Con Moto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheme Varie: Lento With Four Variations And Coda (Allegretto - Scherzando - Andantino - Tempo Giocos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePas-De-Deux: Risoluto - Andante Sostenuto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarche - Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Andante\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanses (Corps De Ballet): Moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariations (Ballerina): Con Moto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePantomime: Lento, Andantino, Piu Mosso - Pas-De-Deux: Adagio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePantomime: Agitato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariation: Risoluto - Variation (Ballerina):  Andantino - Pantomime: Andantino - Danses (Corps De Ba\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApotheose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndante Rapsodico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegro Capriccioso\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55730259820929,"sku":"960270","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51m5U8mwmLL._SL1500_0adba39c-a3f0-4297-8e2e-e1a8fb4bb670.jpg?v=1779902488","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/960270-2","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}