Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird Suite (1919) / Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird Suite (1919) / Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird Suite (1919) / Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
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Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 1. Adoration of the Earth. Introduction. Lento - London Symphony Orchestra
  2. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 1. The Spring Divinations - Dances of the Young Gi - London Symphony Orchestra
  3. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 1. Mock Abduction - London Symphony Orchestra
  4. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 1. Spring Round Dances - London Symphony Orchestra
  5. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 1. Games of the Rival Tribes - London Symphony Orchestra
  6. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 1. Procession of the Wise Elder - London Symphony Orchestra
  7. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 1. Dance of the Earth - London Symphony Orchestra
  8. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 2. The Sacrifice. Introduction. Largo - London Symphony Orchestra
  9. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 2. The Sacrifice. Mystical Circles of the Young Gi - London Symphony Orchestra
  10. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 2. The Sacrifice. Glorification of the Chosen Vict - London Symphony Orchestra
  11. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 2. The Sacrifice. Summoning of the Ancestors - London Symphony Orchestra
  12. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 2. The Sacrifice. Ritual of the Ancestors - London Symphony Orchestra
  13. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Part. 2. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim) - London Symphony Orchestra
  14. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Introduction - Leonard Bernstein
  15. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: The Firebird and its Dance - Leonard Bernstein
  16. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Variation of the Firebird - Leonard Bernstein
  17. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: The Princesses' Round - Leonard Bernstein
  18. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Infernal Dance of King Kaschei - Leonard Bernstein
  19. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Lullaby - Leonard Bernstein
  20. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Finale - Leonard Bernstein
  21. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: I. The Adoration of Veles and Ala - Leonard Bernstein
  22. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: II. The Enemy God and the Dance of the Black Spirits - Leonard Bernstein
  23. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: III. Night - Leonard Bernstein
  24. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: IV. The Glorious Departure of Lolli and the Procession of the Sun - Leonard Bernstein

Free Music Notes for Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird Suite (1919) / Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20

Free Music Review: Three Le Sacres from Bernstein
Hit: 5 Stars

In the Royal Edition of Bernstein's recordings with the NY Phil., there was a hair-raising Le Sacre dating from 1958 in vivid sound with lots of impact and incredibly virtuosic playing. This was followed by a surround-sound remake with the London Sym. in 1972 as the fflagship for Columbia's attempt to promote "quadraphoonic sound," a multi-channel successor to stereo which never cuaght on.

The first recording occasioned a "wow" from Stravinsky in one of his memoirs (no doubt in part being ironic). The second recordingt is just as splashy and extroverted, although I prefer 1958 as the more flexible and less blatantly aimed at audiophiles. Both are wonderful and show off Bernstein's exuberance at its best, along with his incredible rhythmic sense. When Boulez arrived at the Philharmonic and recorded Le sacre in 1974, it was like going from a primitive riot to the doctor's office.

This CD in updated sound is the second reading from 1972, now in two channels, the 1958 being out of print--you can track down a Royal Edition copy on the used market usually. The Israel Phil. version made for DG in the Eighties--I don't have the exact date since I threw away the CD--is a parody of the young Bernstein by the old one, and the orchestra is far from being able to master the score.

P.S. 2010 - The Amazon reviewer, in an attempt to sound knowing, says that conductors still get lost in Le sacre, including big name conductors. Could she name some? Modern orchestras of the first and second rank can play the score almost without conductor, and recently Gustavo Dudamel released a riveting recording with his Simon Bolivar Youth Orch.(DG).
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