Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

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this is a no-nonsense, hard-driven account of the Rite, sure to raise the pulse rate. Both the 'Dance of the earth' and 'Sacrificial Dance' combine searing energy and precision. At times it is... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Mar 2011
Catalogue No: SIGCD205
Label: Signum
Length: 67 minutes

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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Chorus of Wales
Thierry Fischer

I: Introduction

Track length3:30

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I: The Augurs of Spring (Les Augures printaniers) / Dances of the Young Girls (Danses des adolescentes)

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I: Ritual of Abduction (Jeu du rapt)

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I: Spring Rounds (Rondes Printanières)

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I: Ritual of the Rival Tribes (Jeux des cités rivales)

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I: Procession of the Sage (Cortège du sage)

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I: The Sage (Le sage)

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I: Dance of the Earth (Danse de la terre)

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II: Introduction

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II: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls (Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes)

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II: Glorification of the Chosen One (Glorification de l’élue)

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II: Evocation of the Ancestors (Evocation des ancêtres)

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II: Ritual Action of the Ancestors (Action rituelle des ancêtres)

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II: The Chosen One (Danse sacrale: L’élue)

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Poulenc: Les Biches

Work length32:39

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BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Chorus of Wales
Thierry Fischer

I. Ouverture

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II. Rondeau

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III. Chanson dansée

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IV. Adagietto

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V. Jeu

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VI. Rag-Mazurka

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VII. Andantino

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VIII. Petite chanson dansée

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IX. Final

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This release is the final installment in a trio of discs that celebrate the music of Stravinsky in Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer.

This live orchestral recording brings together two contrasting works both composed for the famed ballet company: Stravinsky’s infamous The Rite of Spring – full of dark, rhythmic menace and dissonance – and Poulenc’s Les biches (most aptly translated as ‘the does’) – which captures the heady atmosphere and risqué thrills of young women in the 1920s' party scene.

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September 2011

this is a no-nonsense, hard-driven account of the Rite, sure to raise the pulse rate. Both the 'Dance of the earth' and 'Sacrificial Dance' combine searing energy and precision. At times it is a little emotionless, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, Fischer avoiding the mannerisms that beset some versions....[Les Biches] bounces along as genially as the Rite is menacing.

September 2011

Fischer's French sensibility is evident from the very start of this brightly lit and articulate Rite: a provocative and teasing rubato in the opening bassoon solo immediately hints at the sexual and the chic...The precision of the Welsh orchestra is impressive, the clarity and vitality of the sound throwing up detail that one thought had long since stopped being surprising. But here it is - freshly minted

12th May 2011

Helped by state-of-the-art sound, Fischer's refinement speaks volumes in the Rite's quieter passages, where the string clusters and gurgling woodwind have a lucid beauty that contrasts finely with the weight of the rest...The real treat, though, is Les Biches.... There is a dark undertow in the performance, with echoes of Offenbach and 18th-century elegance... The tricky choral writing is expertly negotiated, and the playing poised in the extreme.

11th June 2011

There’s so much to enjoy in the sheer sound of this performance – the gorgeous, Impressionistic textures conjured up in the slow opening to the ballet’s second half, or the swift traipse through "The Augurs of Spring", with the offbeat chords sonorous and weighty. And the "Dance of the Earth" is terrific..You can almost feel the delight on the players’ faces

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