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1917 was a year of turbulence – both artistically and politically. It was the penultimate year of World War I, the year of the Russian Revolution, and a year that saw artistic and cultural changes take place. This compilation explores the music inspired by the turbulent times at the beginning of the twentieth century. |
| No | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CD 1: 1917 – Music In Turbulent Times | ||
| Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936) | ||
| Fountains of Rome, P. 106 | ||
| 1 | The Fountain of Trevi (La fontana di Trevi al meriggio) | (3:47) |
| New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli | ||
| Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) | ||
| The Wooden Prince, BB 74, Op.13 (Sz. 60) | ||
| 2 | 4th Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Doll | (5:24) |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | ||
| Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) | ||
| El sombrero de tres picos | ||
| Pt. 1 | ||
| 3 | Dance of the miller's wife | (7:56) |
| Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lorin Maazel | ||
| Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934) | ||
| The Planets, Op.32 | ||
| 4 | 5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age | (7:44) |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg | ||
| Denis Browne | ||
| 5 | To Gratiana Dancing and Singing | (3:49) |
| Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake | ||
| Charles Edward Ives (1874 – 1954) | ||
| Three Songs Of The War | ||
| 6 | 1. In Flanders Fields | (2:23) |
| Hanns Eisler (1898 – 1962) | ||
| The Hollywood Songbook (1943) | ||
| 7 | Panzerschlacht | (0:48) |
| 8 | Die letzte Elegie | (1:18) |
| 9 | Die Heimkehr | (1:32) |
| Anna Prohaska, Eric Schneider | ||
| Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941) | ||
| Sonata For Cello And Piano | ||
| 10 | 2. Allegro ma non troppo – Molto allegro e agitato | (12:50) |
| Mstislav Rostropovich, Benjamin Britten | ||
| Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) | ||
| 11 | Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon | (2:11) |
| Philippe Cassard | ||
| Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) | ||
| Le Tombeau de Couperin, M.68 | ||
| Piano version | ||
| 12 | 1. Prélude | (2:59) |
| 13 | 2. Fugue | (3:17) |
| 14 | 3. Forlane | (4:50) |
| 15 | 4. Rigaudon | (2:33) |
| 16 | 5. Menuet | (3:59) |
| 17 | 6. Toccata | (3:56) |
| Monique Haas | ||
| Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958) | ||
| Symphony No.3 – "Pastoral" | ||
| 18 | 2. Lento moderato | (8:55) |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roger Norrington | ||
| Total Playing Time 1:20:11 | ||
| CD 2: 1917 – Music In Turbulent Times | ||
| Erik Satie (1866 – 1925), Jean Cocteau (1889 – 1963) | ||
| 1 | Parade (Ballet Realiste) (1917) | (14:12) |
| Louis Frémaux, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo | ||
| Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) | ||
| Sonata In G Minor For Violin & Piano, L. 140 | ||
| 2 | 1. Allegro vivo | (4:53) |
| Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires | ||
| Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) | ||
| Violin Concerto No.1 In D, Op.19 | ||
| 3 | 1. Andantino | (9:57) |
| Shlomo Mintz, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | ||
| Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) | ||
| Les Noces | ||
| Première Partie | ||
| 4 | Premier Tableau: "La Tresse" | (5:20) |
| Anny Mory, Patricia Parker, John Mitchinson, Paul Hudson, Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris, Homero Francesch, English Bach Festival Percussion Ensemble, Leonard Bernstein, English Bach Festival Chorus | ||
| Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | ||
| Symphony No.12 in D minor, Op.112 "The Year 1917" | ||
| 5 | 1. Revolutionary Petrograd (Moderato – Allegro – Più mosso – Allegro) | (12:26) |
| 6 | 2. Razliv (Allegro. L'istesso tempo – Adagio) | (12:59) |
| 7 | 3. Aurora (L'istesso tempo – Allegro) | (4:27) |
| 8 | 4. Dawn of Humanity (L'istesso tempo – Allegretto – Allegro – Moderato) | (9:21) |
| Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi | ||
| Total Playing Time 1:13:35 | ||
