Village Stories
Stravinsky - Janácek - Bartók
Prague Philharmonic Choir - Lukas Vasilek (Dir)
Label : Supraphon
Artikelnummer: SU4333-2
1 CD Spielzeit : 053:12
CHF 21.00
Janácek and the generation younger Bartók and Stravinsky were major 20th-c. composers markedly influenced by folk music, bringing it to bear in their own creations. Janácek and Bartok also keenly devoted to folklore as theoreticians and collected folk songs around the villages. Stravinsky, for his part, was mesmerised by folk rituals. A case in point is Les noces, which in four choreographed scenes depicts Russian wedding customs. Janácek conceived his Nursery Rhymes at the age of 71.