Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028946803523
Label: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
MPN: 468035
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release Date: September 07, 2001
Running Time: 55 minutes
Studio: Universal Classics

---

Disc 1:

1. Introduction
2. The Augurs of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls
3. Ritual of Abduction
4. Spring Rounds
5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes
6. Procession of the Sage
7. The Sage
8. Dance of the Earth
9. Introduction
10. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
11. Glorification of the Chosen One
12. Evocation of the Ancestors
13. Ritual Action of the Ancestors
14. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
15. Le Poème de l'Extase, Op.54

Related Items:

• Stravinsky - Firebird; Petrouchka
• Works of Igor Stravinsky [22cd]
• Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations
• Elgar - Cello Concerto; Cockaigne; Sea Pictures
• Scriabin: Prometheus/Stravinsky: Firebird
• see more

Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display

---

Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy are, in many ways, the perfect coupling. Both works are, in their way, extreme, and both works suit Gergiev's unparalleled ability for penetrating to the heart of a score. He paints the Rite of Spring in vivid, almost garish colours, at all times reading the score afresh. Philips' superb recording successfully conveys both the visceral impact of "Spring Rounds" and the sheer raw energy of "Augurs of Spring". There is a sense of inevitability about the "Ritual Dance of the Ancestors"; the Sacrificial Dance, which follows, has its tension heightened because of (rather than despite) Gergiev's slightly deliberate tread. Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy is late romanticism writ large. Above and beyond the perfumed sonorities, Gergiev identifies and projects an underlying disquiet, from the dark trumpet figures through to the shattering climax. At times the Kirov Orchestra is positively luminous. It is Gergiev's long-range grasp of the piece that is most impressive: the resultant cumulative effect is close to overpowering. --Colin Clarke




Rating: - Rough Hewn Rite - the essence of the work
Valery Gergiev is a passionate conductor and it is somewhat of a surprise to hear his interpretation of Stravinsky's landmark work. This is an unusally quiet, brooding birth, less the outwardly dramatic, sonic bursting performances to which we've grown accustomed. While we wait for what Salonen and the LA Phil do with this work in the new acoutically wondrous Disney Hall in Los Angeles there is much to be learned and absorbed by this magnificently understated recording. Gergiev presents the ballet ... Read More

---

Rating: - an explosive and gripping interpretation
I thoroughly recommend this CD. Gergiev brings outthe intense drama and theatricality of this landmark of 20th century Music.

If you thought you knew it I would recommend buying this and listening to it. You're in for a shock!

From the opening it takes hold of you and casts you into a maelstrom of imagination and musical inventiveness. That Stravinsky was a genius is rarely disputed. This piece, with all its gory detail, its hypnotic rhythmns and raging dissonances, is undoubtedly ... Read More

---