Stravinsky - The Ballets
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Awards:
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Building a Library, November 2014, Recommendation available on double CD set
Vital and colourful recordings from the 1980s, when Simon Rattle was at the height of his powers with the CBSO.
Stravinsky - The Ballets
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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Awards:
-
Building a Library, November 2014, Recommendation available on double CD set
Vital and colourful recordings from the 1980s, when Simon Rattle was at the height of his powers with the CBSO.
About
The Ballet Edition is a series of 2 CD sets drawn from the catalogues of EMI Classics, presenting the best-loved and most popular ballets, performed by the world’s leading orchestras and conductors.
Contents and tracklist
Stravinsky:
The Rite of Spring, 'Le sacre du printemps' (1947 revised version), Part 1
Work length15:55
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1987-12-31
- Recording Venue: December 1987, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
L'adoration de la terre: Introduction - Les augures printaniers - Danse des adolescentes - Jeu de rapt
Track length8:07
L'adoration de la terre: Rond printanières - Jeux des cités rivales - Cortège de sage
Track length6:09
Stravinsky:
The Rite of Spring, 'Le sacre du printemps' (1947 revised version), Part 2
Work length19:09
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1987-12-31
- Recording Venue: December 1987, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Le sacrifice: Glorification de l'élue - Évocation des ancêtres - Action rituelle des aancêtres
Track length6:04
- Peter Donohoe
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1986-01-01
- Recording Venue: 3 & 4 October 1986, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Stravinsky:
Petrushka - Scènes burlesques en quatre tableaux, Deuxième tableau: Chez Petrushka
Work length4:35
- Peter Donohoe
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1986-01-01
- Recording Venue: 3 & 4 October 1986, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
- Peter Donohoe
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1986-01-01
- Recording Venue: 3 & 4 October 1986, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
- Peter Donohoe
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1986-01-01
- Recording Venue: 3 & 4 October 1986, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1987-10-01
- Recording Venue: October 1987, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1987-10-01
- Recording Venue: October 1987, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei's guardian monsters and capture of Ivan Tsarevich
Track length1:22
Stravinsky:
The Firebird (1910 version), 2nd Tableau: Disappearance of the palace and dissolution of Kashchei's enchantments; animation of the petrified warriors. General thanksgiving
Work length3:26
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1987-10-01
- Recording Venue: October 1987, Arts Centre, University of Warwick
- Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard, Peter Cole, John Tattersdill, Ulrich Heinen
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1988-04-01
- Recording Venue: April 1988, Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
- Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard, Peter Cole, John Tattersdill, Ulrich Heinen
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 1988-04-01
- Recording Venue: April 1988, Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Awards and reviews
August 2010
Vital and colourful recordings from the 1980s, when Simon Rattle was at the height of his powers with the CBSO.
