Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - Rite of Spring and Firebird (1961) [24-88]

Artist: Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky

Title: Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, The Firebird (1945 Suite)

Year Of Release: 1961 - Remastered 1999

Label: Sony Classical - SS 89062

Genre: Classical

Quality: Flac tracks & scans 24bit - 88kHz SACD rip.

Total Time: 60:53

Total Size: 1.3 Gb



Tracklist:



Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Part One: The Adoration of the Earth

1. Introduction

2. Auguries of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls)

3. Mock Abduction

4. Spring Khorovod (Round Dance)

5. Games of the Rival Clans

6. Procession of the Wise Elder

7. Adoration of the Earth (The Wise Elder)

8. Dance of the Earth

Part Two: The Sacrifice

9. Introduction

10. Mystical Circles of the Young Girls

11. Glorification of the Chosen One

12. The Summoning of the Ancients

13. Ritual of the Ancients

14. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim)

L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird Suite)

15. Introduction (Revised 1945 Version)

16. Prelude and Dance of the Firebird (Revised 1945 Version)

17. Variations (Firebird) (Revised 1945 Version)

18. Pantomime I (Revised 1945 Version)

19. Pas de deux: Firebird and Ivan Tsarevitch (Revised 1945 Version)

20. Pantomime II (Revised 1945 Version)

21. Scherzo: Dance of the Princesses (Revised 1945 Version)

22. Pantomime III (Revised 1945 Version)

23. Rondo (Corovod) (Revised 1945 Version)

24. Infernal Dance (Revised 1945 Version)

25. Lullabye (Firebird) (Revised 1945 Version)

26. Final Hymn (Revised 1945 Version)



Igor Stravinsky conducts some of his best-known works in a series of classic Columbia recordings made in the early 1960s. Like the Bernstein, self-recommending for those who enjoy this music.

Review from SA-CD.net: These recordings originate from the 1960s and the performance of “Le Sacre”, made when the composer was eighty, is generally regarding as the one by which all others are judged and is remarkable for its rhythmic drive, without any feeling of undue haste. There is sensitivity too in quieter moments like the Largo Introduction to Part II of the ballet. The 1945 revision is used for the performance of the “L’Oiseau de Feu” Suite and in both ballets, the playing of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra is marvellous. The DSD remastering has been superbly carried out and the stereo-only sound has remarkable clarity and spaciousness with the sense of a “real” orchestra being in front of the listener. Strongly recommended.