STRAVINSKY Le Sacre Du Printemps SPEAKERS CORNER 180g AUDIOPHILE pressing OOP
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STRAVINSKY Le Sacre Du Printemps (Rite of Spring) SPEAKERS CORNER SR90253 180g AUDIOPHILE (German pressing) OOP

Tracklist

The Rite Of Spring - Pictures Of Pagan Russia A Part I B Part II

*(all photos are of the actual item)

  • Recorded At – Northrop Memorial Auditorium
  • Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor – Antal Dorati
  • Engineer, Technician [Technical Consultant] – C. R. Fine*
  • Orchestra – Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
  • Producer [Recording Director] – Wilma Cozart
  • Recording Supervisor [Musical Supervisor] – Harold Lawrence

Notes

OTHER INFORMATION: 
- Recorded 15 November 1959 at the Northrop Memorial Auditorium, Minnesota 
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# MG50253 Mercury SR90253
TAS Rated 4.5/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the October 2008 Issue of The Absolute Sound! 

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring/Antal Dorati/The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
While he was finishing the score of The Firebird, the idea came to Stravinsky for a pagan, ritual scenario. The background history of Le Sacre du printemps is well known: while the modernists praised the work, the conservative public thought they were being hoaxed. The reason for their irritation and the scandalous fiasco of the premiere is still audible to this day. Stravinsky carries the aggressive, hammering rhythms to the extreme, casting them in atonal harmonies which feed on the alternation between a red-hot and a mild mixture, as Stravinsky put it.

Dorati urges on his ensemble with robust tempi, and the orchestra is quick to respond to all the refinements of the tightly knit movement. It appears to cope effortlessly with the extremes of contrast and manages to amalgamate the rhythmic excesses with the tenderness of the numerous tiny motifs and figures which seem to sprout like flowers out of hard rock. The excellent recording technique captures both the extreme loudness and the finely pulsating tones, resulting in a sound in which no detail goes unheard. The listener can be sure that this Stravinsky deserves the rating "excellent" – both for the interpretation and for the sound.


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