The Rite of Spring

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Monteux

The Rite of Spring is a ballet and orchestral work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, premiered in 1913. The score is characterised by driving, irregular rhythms, dense dissonant harmonies and expanded orchestration, and it marked a decisive move in Stravinsky's output towards modernist techniques that reshaped early 20th-century music.
First released: 1951

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Introduction
    3:00
  2. 2.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Dance of the Youths and the Maidens
    3:18
  3. 3.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Dance of Abduction
    1:23
  4. 4.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Spring Rounds
    3:05
  5. 5.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Games of Rivals Towns
    1:58
  6. 6.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Entrance of the Celebrant
    0:40
  7. 7.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Kiss to the Earth
    0:22
  8. 8.
    The Rite of Spring: First Part - The Fertility of the Earth: Dance to the Earth
    1:07
  9. 9.
    The Rite of Spring: Second Part: The Sacrifice Introduction (The Pagan Night)
    3:44
  10. 10.
    The Rite of Spring: Second Part: The Sacrifice Mystic Circle of the Adolescents
    2:55
  11. 11.
    The Rite of Spring: Second Part: The Sacrifice Dance to the Glorified One
    1:33
  12. 12.
    The Rite of Spring: Second Part: The Sacrifice Evocation of the Ancestors
    0:42
  13. 13.
    The Rite of Spring: Second Part: The Sacrifice Ritual Performance of the Ancestors
    3:06
  14. 14.
    The Rite of Spring: Second Part: The Sacrifice Sacrificial Dance
    4:27

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