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Scherzo a la russe
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performers: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rumon Gamba
Recording date: 01 December 1998
Date of broadcast: 28 June 1999
Following the failed 1905 revolution in Tsarist Russia, Parisian society was gradually crammed with cultural refugees including Stravinsky and the ballet impressario Diaghilev. This scherzo - 'joke' in Italian - was written in 1945 by which time Stravinksy was living in the US. However, like his early Paris compositions for Diaghilev's 'Ballets Russes', the music is daring and provocative.
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performers: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rumon Gamba
Recording date: 01 December 1998
Date of broadcast: 28 June 1999
