Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy - Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy - Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy - Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-10-09
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
  1. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Intro
  2. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Augurs Of Spring - Dances Of The Young...
  3. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of Abduction
  4. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Spring Rounds
  5. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of The Rival Tribes
  6. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Procession Of The Sage
  7. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: The Sage
  8. The Rite Of Spring, Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Dance Of The Earth
  9. The Rite Of Spring, Part II: The Sacrifice: Intro
  10. The Rite Of Spring, Part II: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls
  11. The Rite Of Spring, Part II: The Sacrifice: Glorification Of The Chosen One
  12. The Rite Of Spring, Part II: The Sacrifice: Evocation Of The Ancestors
  13. The Rite Of Spring, Part II: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action Of The Ancestors
  14. The Rite Of Spring, Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: The Chosen One
  15. The Poem Of Ecstasy, Op.54

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I admit my musical knowledge is not such that I'd be incensed if a percussionist missed his entrance. Instead I found this such a riveting aural experience I've listened to it several times in the last few weeks mainly for its therapeutic benefits. To be able to listen to so much unrelenting barbaric activity being generated by a band of sober-sided classical musicians means it's certain any minor personal problems will be driven out of one's brain for at least 31 minutes. Which instantly return listening to Scriabin's conventional revolutionary utterances.
I too especially value Gergiev not playing The Sacre's quiet passage too quietly. With no need to adjust the volume control it thence becomes an undiluted pleasure to anticipate the regular explosions of baying brass and thumping drums - which Stravinsky wisely limited to the exact point when one urgently needs relief.
Although The Sacre could be labelled just another example of the destructive tendendies of artists (in all fields)in the early years of the 20th Century 100 years later it's shock value remains unchallenged. Electronic amplification of a battery of drums and guitars merely leave one's senses bruised and battered. Especially when compared to one small Russian intellectual's intuitive grasp of how to present the more violent aspects of human nature without appealing to the banal tastes of the mob (by resorting to vulgarity).
It's a shame he achived fame so early in his career. Not exactly downhill for the next 54 years but what one tends to remember about Stravinsky is his derogatory remarks about other equally meritorious composers like Ravel, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. Ultimately these three have had more staying power - while after a brief highpoint when all his ballets were performed in New York Stravinsky's star has been steadily waning - if what's played on my local NPR station is anything to go by.
This is why I was grateful to read about this Gergiev recording which casts a completely new light on his greatest composition - which like many others I had previously written-off based on his non-sonically effective CBS effort.
It's comforting to know there will never be another version as wild as this played by his 100% committed fellow Russians - instead of a group of free-lancers recruited from various Hollywood Studios.





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