Introduction (Molto moderato) Kashchei's Enchanted Garden The Firebird appears pursued by ... more
Prince Ivan (Allegro assai) Dance of the Firebird The Firebird is Captured by Prince Ivan The Firebird's Pleading (Adagio) Appearance of the Thirteen Enchanted P...
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Advantages: You will hear a landmark in music history Disadvantages: Can be frightening for those only used to Bach
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), is best known for his ground-breaking and hugely influential music for ballet. Indeed, 'The Rite of Spring' or 'Le Sacre du Printemps' is perhaps the best example of Stravinsky's challenging and provocative interpretation of the 'Brave New World'.
'The Rite' was premiered in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris (1913), and it all started well as a seemingly innocent bassoon melody floated out from the orchestral pit. What was to follow, however, was to shock and enrage the unprepared Parisian audience: pagan content, ritual sacrifice, wild choreography, savage and hugely unconventional music. This moment is a milestone in music history, and heralded (along with Schoenberg) a transformation in music: whilst once thought of as horrific, Stravinsky's music is now admired and is still perpetually ...
Advantages: Music of tremendous power and excitement Disadvantages: You could annoy the neighbours
of musical history took a sudden lurch in a new direction. And it caused a riot.
The event promised to be a pleasant evening out at the ballet at the Champs-Elysees Theatre in Paris. A young composer, Igor Stravinsky, already popular through his ballet music for The Firebird and Petrouchka, had written a new ballet, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring.). The great Ballets Russes, formed four years earlier by Sergei Diaghilev, was to perform the ballet and a large audience turned up, looking forward no doubt to a charming, colourful spectacle and to some wonderful Russian music. Stravinsky had, after all, been a pupil of the great Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a composer of highly colourful music including Sheherazade and The Flight of the Bumblebee. And young Igor Stravinsky had been his most gifted student.
The choreography was by ...
Advantages: Two orchestras, one conductor, great selection of pieces Disadvantages: None
Kent Nagano, the Japanese conductor is the binding factor in this collection of orchestral works by Stravinsky. What we have here is neither a complete collection, nor a definitive performance, however youshould not be put off unduly by those facts. The pairing of two of his most famous pieces (Rite of Spring and Firebird) with two lesser known works is a clever piece of production as the two heavyweight bruisers are complimented beautifully by the lighter pieces. In so doing you get a sense of the range of Stravinsky's sound world and flexibility, and even a hint of his genius.
Let us not forget of course, how could we, that the Rite of Spring was so controversial when new, that it's first performance was accompanied by boos and hostile jeers. This was the age of dawning modernism and where better to see the clash between this ...
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Product details
Title
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Firebird
Composer
Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Date of Release
01/04/2002
Recomended Retail Price
4.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Essential Classics / BMG UK
Pieces in Set
1
Running Time
1 hour 18 minutes
Genre(s)
Stage works
Stereo
Stereo
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
5099708989422
Work 1
Work Title
(The) Firebird, '(L')oiseau de feu'
Excerpt(s)
1. Introduction 2. SCENE 1 - Kashchei's Enchanted Garden 3. Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich 4. Dance of the Firebird 5. Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird 6. Supplication of the Firebird 7. Appearance of 13 Enchanted Princesses 8. The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples (Scherzo) 9. Sudden Appearance of the Ivan Tsarevich 10. The Princesses' Khorovod (Round Dance) 11. Daybreak (Ivan Tsarevich enters Kashchei's Palace) 12. Magic Carillon; Appearance of Kashchei's Guardian Monsters; Capture of Ivan Tsarevich 13. Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal; His Dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich; The Intercession of the Princesses 14. Appearance of the Firebird 15. Dance of Kashchei's Retinue under the Firebird's Spell 16. Infernal Dance of all Kashchei's Subjects 17. Lullaby (The Firebird) 18. Kashchei awakes; Death of Kashchei 19. SCENE 2 - Disappearance of the Palace and Dissolution of Kashchei's Enchantments; Animation of the Petrified Warriors; G
Composer
Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1910
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Orchestra / Ensemble
Philharmonia Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title
(The) Rite of Spring, '(Le) sacre du printemps'
Excerpt(s)
1. Adoration of the Earth 2. PART 1 - Introduction (Lento); The Augurs of Spring; Mock Abduction; Spring Round Dances; Games of the Rival Tribes; Pro 3. PART 2 - Introduction (Largo); Mystical Circles of the Young Girls; Glorification of the Chosen Victim; Summoning of the
Composer
Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1913 rev 1947
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Orchestra / Ensemble
Philharmonia Orchestra
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