Agon (A Ballet for Twelve Dancers); Canticum sacrum

by Igor Stravinsky

Agon (A Ballet for Twelve Dancers); Canticum sacrum cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 November 1957
  • Label: Columbia Masterworks
  • Country: Russia
  • Length: 41:34
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a decisive turn toward dodecaphonic composition, this pairing contrasts abstract, kinetic dance movements with austere sacred choral forms. The complex polyphony and fragmented instrumentation reflect the composer's masterful assimilation of twelve-tone theories into his own distinct rhythmic idiom.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, dance, choral, instrumental, orchestral, symphonic, majestic, long-form, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Pas de quatre (1:48)
  2. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Double pas de quatre (1:37)
  3. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Triple pas de quatre (1:10)
  4. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Prelude (0:49)
  5. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Sarabande-Step (1:19)
  6. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Gailliarde (1:18)
  7. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Coda I (1:26)
  8. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Interlude I (0:49)
  9. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Bransle simple (0:58)
  10. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Bransle gay (0:54)
  11. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Bransle double (1:30)
  12. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Interlude II (0:51)
  13. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Pas de deux (4:14)
  14. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Coda II (1:41)
  15. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Four Duos (0:33)
  16. Agon - Ballet for Twelve Dancers: Four Trios - Coda (2:29)
  17. Canticum Sacrum (Ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis): Dedicatio: "Urbi Venetiae, in laude Sancti sui Presidis" (0:42)
  18. Canticum Sacrum (Ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis): I. "Euntes in mundum" (1:39)
  19. Canticum Sacrum (Ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis): II. "Surge, aquilo" (2:42)
  20. Canticum Sacrum (Ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis): III. Ad Tres Virtutes Hortationes (Caritas - Spes - Fides): "Diliges Dominus Deum tuum" (8:01)
  21. Canticum Sacrum (Ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis): IV. Brevis Motus Cantilenea: "Jesus autem ait illi" (3:05)
  22. Canticum Sacrum (Ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis): V. "Illi autem profecti" (1:49)

Credits

  • Igor Stravinsky - primary artist, conductor
  • Los Angeles Festival Symphony Orchestra And Chorus - primary artist
  • Howard Chitjian - baritone vocals
  • Los Angeles Festival Chorus - chorus
  • Richard Robinson - tenor vocals

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