The Firebird Suite (1910) / The Rite of Spring

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & London Symphony Orchestra & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

The Firebird Suite (1910) is an orchestral suite and The Rite of Spring (1913) is a ballet score, both by Igor Stravinsky. Both works demonstrate Stravinsky's early orchestral palette and rhythmic innovation, featuring richly coloured orchestration and folk-influenced material, with The Rite of Spring introducing irregular metres and strong dissonance that influenced later 20th-century music.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Firebird Suite (original version, 1910): I. Introduction and Dance of the Firebird
    6:46
  2. 2.
    The Firebird Suite (original version, 1910): II. Adagio (Pas de deux) - Entreaty of the Firebird
    4:56
  3. 3.
    The Firebird Suite (original version, 1910): III. Scherzo
    2:40
  4. 4.
    The Firebird Suite (original version, 1910): IV. Rondo (Khorovod)
    4:44
  5. 5.
    The Firebird Suite (original version, 1910): V. Allegro - Infernal Dance
    4:30
  6. 6.
    The Rite of Spring: Adoration of the Earth: I. Introduction (Harbingers of Spring)
    3:42
  7. 7.
    The Rite of Spring: Adoration of the Earth: II. Dances of the Adolescents
    4:05
  8. 8.
    The Rite of Spring: Adoration of the Earth: III. Mock Abduction
    1:22
  9. 9.
    The Rite of Spring: Adoration of the Earth: IV. Spring Rounds
    3:27
  10. 10.
    The Rite of Spring: Adoration of the Earth: V. Games of the Rival Tribes
    2:37
  11. 11.
    The Rite of Spring: Adoration of the Earth: VI. Dance of the Earth
    1:33
  12. 12.
    The Rite of Spring: The Sacrifice: VII. Introduction
    4:08
  13. 13.
    The Rite of Spring: The Sacrifice: VIII. Mystical Circles of the Adolescents
    3:21
  14. 14.
    The Rite of Spring: The Sacrifice: IX. Glorification of the Victim
    1:40
  15. 15.
    The Rite of Spring: The Sacrifice: X. Evocation of the Ancestors
    0:57
  16. 16.
    The Rite of Spring: The Sacrifice: XI. Ritual of the Ancestors
    3:32
  17. 17.
    The Rite of Spring: The Sacrifice: XII. Sacred Dance - The Victim
    4:56

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