Awards:

Building a Library, March 2013, First Choice

The composer's blistering 1960 account of The Rite of Spring still startles.

BBC Music Magazine, February 20144 out of 5 stars

Igor Stravinsky.... Conducts

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Igor Stravinsky

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Awards:

Building a Library, March 2013, First Choice

The composer's blistering 1960 account of The Rite of Spring still startles.

BBC Music Magazine, February 20144 out of 5 stars

About

Released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of 'The Rite of Spring' (Le Sacre du Printemps) & is an important historical document of Stravinsky conducting his own iconic works. CD1 featuring the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, includes 'Le Sacre du Printemps' recorded in 1960 & 'L'Oiseau de Feu' recorded in 1967. CD2 featuring the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, includes 'Le Sacre du Printemps' recorded in 1940 & 'L'Oiseau de Feu' recorded in 1946.

Release date: 25th Mar 2013
Label: Sony
Catalogue number: 88765442692
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Genre:
- Ballet

Contents and tracklist

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Work length31:29

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", Introduction

Track length2:57

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls

Track length3:03

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", Ritual of Abduction

Track length1:17

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", Spring Rounds

Track length3:05

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", Games of the Rival Clans

Track length1:59

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", Procession of the Wise Elder

Track length0:43

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", The Wise Elder

Track length0:25

Part 1 "Adoration of the Earth", Dance of the Earth

Track length1:14

Part 2 "The Sacrifice", Introduction

Track length3:41

Part 2 "The Sacrifice", Mystic Circles of the Young Girls

Track length2:51

Part 2 "The Sacrifice", Glorification of the Chosen One

Track length1:36

Part 2 "The Sacrifice", The Summoning of the Ancients

Track length0:42

Part 2 "The Sacrifice", Ritual of the Ancients

Track length3:19

Part 2 "The Sacrifice", Sacrificial Dance

Track length4:37

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite

Work length29:10

Introduction

Track length2:50

Prelude and Dance of the Firebird

Track length0:17

Variations (Firebird)

Track length1:21

Pantomime I

Track length0:26

Pas de deux. Firebird and Ivan Tsarevitch

Track length4:21

Pantomime II

Track length0:22

Scherzo. Dance of the Princesses

Track length2:31

Pantomime III

Track length1:01

Rondo (Khorovod)

Track length4:12

Infernal Dance

Track length4:34

Lullabye (The Firebird)

Track length3:53

Final Hymn

Track length3:22

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Work length30:38

Part One - The Adoration of the Earth - Introduction

Track length2:52

The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls

Track length3:12

Game of Abduction

Track length1:17

Spring Round Dances

Track length3:02

Games of the Rival Tribes

Track length1:47

Procession of the Oldest-and-Wisest

Track length0:35

Adoration of the Earth - The Oldest-and-Wisest

Track length0:20

Dance of the Earth

Track length1:10

Part Two - The Sacrifice - Introduction

Track length3:54

Mystical Circles of the Young Girls

Track length2:53

Glorification of the Chosen Victim

Track length1:37

Summoning of the Ancestors

Track length0:46

Ritual of the Ancestors

Track length2:59

Sacrificial Dance - The Chosen Victim

Track length4:14

Stravinsky: The Firebird

Work length25:54

Igor Stravinsky, New York Philharmonic

Introduction

Track length2:56

Prelude and Dance of the Firebird

Track length1:13

Pas de deux - Firebird and Ivan Tsarevich

Track length4:12

Scherzo - Dance of the Princesses

Track length2:26

Rondo (Khorovod)

Track length4:00

Infernal Dance

Track length4:12

Lullaby (The Firebird)

Track length3:49

Final Hymn

Track length3:06

Awards and reviews

Building a Library

March 2013

First Choice

February 2014

The composer's blistering 1960 account of The Rite of Spring still startles.

Igor Stravinsky.... Conducts

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Igor Stravinsky.... Conducts

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