Happy Birthday Igor!

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Happy Birthday Igor!
Join Masterworks in celebrating the 125th Anniversary of Igor Stravinsky birthday (June 17, 2007).
A New Recording of Stravinsky by Stravinsky Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky on a Never-Before-Released Complete Recording of The Soldier’s Tale
Igor Stravinsky, conductorJeremy Irons, narratorThe Columbia Chamber Ensemble
  
One of the greatest and most important composers of the last century, Igor Stravinsky was an exclusive recording artist on Columbia Masterworks. Now, in honor of the 125th anniversary of his birth, Sony BMG Masterworks is thrilled to announce an exciting new chapter to this recorded legacy with the release of a “new” complete version of Stravinsky conducting Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale (L’Histoire du Soldat).
Throughout the 1960s, Stravinsky re-recorded all of his works in stunning stereo productions for Columbia Masterworks. In 1967, he recorded the interludes and underscoring of The Soldier’s Tale to complete his 1961 recording of the suite. The 1967 masters were never […]

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