Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin, Leif Ove Andsnes
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68189
Release: 2018
Size: 2.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Rite of Spring
01. Part 1 No 1. The Kiss of the Earth: Introduction –
02. Part 1 No 2. Augurs of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls) –
03. Part 1 No 3. Game of Abduction –
04. Part 1 No 4. Spring Rounds –
05. Part 1 No 5. Game of the Two Rival Tribes –
06. Part 1 No 6. Procession of the Oldest and Wisest One
07. Part 1 No 7. The Kiss of the Earth –
08. Part 1 No 8. Dancing Out of the Earth
09. Part 2 No 1. The Great Sacrifice: Introduction –
10. Part 2 No 2. Mystic Circle of the Young Girls –
11. Part 2 No 3. Glorification of the Chosen One –
12. Part 2 No 4. Evocation of the Ancestors –
13. Part 2 No 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors –
14. Part 2 No 6. Sacrificial Dance
Concerto for 2 Pianos
15. I. Con moto
16. II. Notturno: Adagietto
17. III. Quattro variazioni
18. IV. Preludio e fuga
19. Madrid
20. Tango
21. Circus Polka
Shortly before its notorious Paris ballet premiere in 1913, this was essentially how The Rite of Spring first saw the light of day: Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin recapture the heady, visceral thrill which must have been in the air when Stravinsky sat down at the piano with Debussy to create this landmark of modernism.