The Rite of Spring "Le Sacre du Printemps"

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Antal Doráti & Minnesota Orchestra

The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) is a ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, premiered in 1913. The score is characterised by driving, irregular rhythms, dense dissonances, complex metres and large-scale orchestration that evoke ritualistic sonorities, and it marked a decisive shift in early 20th-century compositional practice, establishing Stravinsky's position in modern music history.
First released: 1954

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Introduction; Harbingers of Spring; Dance of the Adolescents; Abduction; Spring Rounds; Games of the Rival Cities; The Procession of the Wise Men; The Adoration of the Earth (The Wise Men); Dance of the Earth
    14:39
  2. 2.
    Introduction; Mysterious Circles of the Adolescents; Glorification of the Chosen One; Evocation of the Ancestors; Ritual of the Ancestors; The Sacrificial Dance of the Chosen One
    16:50

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