Song of the Day - Stravinsky "Suite Italienne"

This is my submission for @recordpool, Song of the Day.

The Suite Italienne was derived from the ballet "Pulcinella" by Igor Stravinky by the composer himself. It was scored in one version for violin and piano, and then later another version for 'cello and piano. Speaking as a violinist, I can safely say with no bias at all, that the violin and piano version is far superior!

The Ballet was originally composed for the famed "Ballet Russes" ballet company under the leadership of Diaghilev, and the music was to be a neo-classical reworking of themes that were believed to have been composed by Pergolesi. However, in the end music was badly atrributed (as was much of the music from that age), and in truth was probably music composed by Domenico Gallo, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Carlo Ignazio Monza, and Alessandro Parisotti. I have included an embed of the original music for comparison!

As an another interesting side-note. The costume and set designer for this ballet premiere was Pablo Picasso.

Extra clips are below! Enjoy it, and this was written for @kiwideb!

Original music that was arranged

Pulcinella Ballet

The inferior "cello" version

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