Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Released on October 10, 2006
This is Esa-Pekka Salonen’s debut live recording from Walt Disney Concert Hall and his first Deutsche Grammophon recording as the principal conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The central piece, Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, was conducted by Salonen on the inaugural night of the hall in 2003.
This recording captures the energy, beauty and musical power of this extraordinary collaboration.
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Track Listing
A Night on the Bare Mountain - Original Version
The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (BB 82)
The Rite of Spring (Revised Version for Orchestra, Published 1947), Pt. 1 "The Adoration of the Earth"
I. Introduction
II. The Harbingers of Spring, Dance of the Adolescents
III. Mock Abduction
IV. Spring Rounds
V. Games of the Rival Tribes
VIa. Procession of the Sage
VIb. The Sage
VII. Dance of the Earth
The Rite of Spring (Revised Version for Orchestra, Published 1947), Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice"
I. Introduction
II. Mystical Circle of the Adolescents
III. Glorification of the Chosen One
IV. Evocation of the Ancestors
V. Ritual of the Ancestors
VI. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
