Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments on CD

Description

'It is probably no accident that Stravinsky s Rite of Spring, which is really the seminal work of the 20th century in so many ways, happened in 1913, just before the greatest conflagration that the world had ever known...Stravinsky talked of trying to recapture the violence, the sense of the earth cracking open, that he witnessed every spring in Russia...but on a deeper level, it s a musical metaphor for the vessel of an exhausted era cracking open.' (Sir Simon Rattle) Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker, whose Grammy® award winning accounts of Stravinsky s Symphony in C and Symphony of Psalms are among Gramophone magazine s Top 10 Stravinsky Recordings (2011), return to the composer with a recording of the ground-breaking ballet Le Sacre du printemps, whose premiere a century ago marked a turning point in 20th century music history. The programme on this release also includes new recordings of Stravinsky s Symphonies of Wind Instruments and Apollon Musagète, another of the Russian master s breathtaking ballets. Although the premiere of Igor Stravinsky s Le Sacre du printemps in Paris on 29th May 1913 famously set off a near-riot, the work quickly became recognised as one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century. The 100th anniversary of the premiere will be commemorated with performances all over the world in 2013 and, no doubt, with some new recordings. On record and in performance, Simon Rattle has championed the orchestral works of Stravinsky with insight and dedication over many years and this latest recording is an important addition to his Stravinsky discography. Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker will tour Le Sacre du printemps to Salzburg, Baden-Baden and Luzern in August and to Paris in September 2013. After performing it again in Berlin in November, they will take it on tour to Japan.

Track List:

DISC: 1

1. I Introduction / Introduction
2. Augurs of Spring (The Right of Spring - Adoration of the Earth)
3. Dances of the Young Girls (The Right of Spring - Adoration of the Earth)
4. IV Jeu Du Rapt / Ritual of Abduction
5. Spring Rounds (The Right of Spring - Adoration of the Earth)
6. Ritual of the Rival Tribes (The Right of Spring - Adoration of the Earth)
7. Procession of the Sage: The Sage (The Right of Spring - Adoration of the Earth)
8. The Sage (The Right of Spring - Adoration of the Earth)
9. Dance of the Earth (The Right of Spring - Adoration of the Earth)
10. I Introduction / Introduction
11. II Cercles Mystérieux Des Adolescents / Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
12. Glorification of the Chosen One (The Right of Spring - the Sacrifice)
13. Evocation of the Ancestors (The Right of Spring - the Sacrifice)
14. Ritual Action of the Ancestors (The Right of Spring - the Sacrifice)
15. Sacrificial Dance (The Right of Spring - the Sacrifice)
16. Symphonies of Wind Instruments
17. Prologue: The Birth of Apollo (Apollon Musagète - First Tableau)
18. Variation of Apollo (Apollo and the Three Muses) (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
19. Pas D'action (Apollo and the Three Muses) (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
20. Variation of Calliope (The Alexandrine) (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
21. Variation of Polyhymnia (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
22. Variation of Terpsichore (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
23. Second Variation of Apollo (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
24. Pas de Deux (Apollo and Terpsichore) (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
25. Coda (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)
26. Apotheosis (Apollon Musagète - Second Tableau)