STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring/Firebird

Catalog Number: RRC1276
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD

Categories: Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century

Composers: Igor Stravinsky
Directors: Yuri Simonov
Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Available: 6
Price: $8.99

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Le Sacre du Printemps
Rite of Spring
L'Oiseau de Feu
Firebird (1945 version)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, director

	Track Listing	Time
	Rite of Spring: First Part: Adoration of the Earth
1	Introduction	3:40
2	The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girl	3:27
3	Ritual of Abduction	1:17
4	Spring Rounds	3:22
5	Ritual of the Rival Tribes	1:56
6	Procession of the Sage	0:45
7	The Sage	0:29
8	Dance of the Earth	1:16
	Second Part: The Sacrifice
9	Introduction	4:23
10	Mystic Circles of the Young Girls	3:23
11	Glorification of the Chosen One	1:34
12	Evocation of the Ancestors	0:51
13	Ritual Action of the Ancestors	3:38
14	Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)	4:45
	Ballet Suite: Firebird
15	Introduction	4:00
16	Prelude and Dance	0:17
17	Variations	1:21
18	Pantomime l	0:27
19	Pas de Deux	4:07
20	Pantomime ll	0:22
21	Scherzo	2:35
22	Pantomime lll, Rondo	6:11
23	Infernal Dance	4:42
24	Lullaby	3:41
25	Final Hymn	3:38

(Rite) "one of the very greatest examples of rhythm in all music"
Howard Goodcall, C4 TV

"highly individual and certainly enjoyable performances of both, which are warm and idiomatic...bringing out the Russian elements and echoes of Rimky-Korsakov, Stravinskys's teacher...Rhythms are sprung persuasively...playing always alert...recordings superb. (Firebird): "the great horn solo in the closing section is gloriously done"
Penguin Guide