Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: DSD64 (iso)
Label: Esoteric
Size: 3.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Le Sacre du Printemps, Part 1: L’Adoration de la Terre
01. Introduction
02. Les augures printaniers (Danses des adolescentes)
03. Jeu du rapt
04. Rondes printanières
05. Jeux des cités rivales
06. Cortège du sage – Adoration de la terre – Le sage
07. Danse de la terre
Le Sacre du Printemps, Part 2: Le Sacrifice
08. Introduction
09. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes
10. Glorification d’élue
11. Évocation des ancêtres
12. Action rituelle des ancêtres
13. Danse sacrale (L’Élue)
L’Oiseau de Feu
14. Introduction
15. Le Jardin enchanté de Kachtcheï
16. Apparition de l’Oiseau de feu, poursuivi par Ivan Tsarévitch
17. Danse de l’Oiseau de feu
18. Capture de l’Oiseau de feu par Ivan Tsarévitch
19. Supplication de l’Oiseau de feu – Apparition des treize princesses enchantées
20. Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d’or (Scherzo)
21. Brusque apparition d’Ivan Tsarévitch
22. Khorovode (Ronde) des princesses
23. Lever du jour – Ivan Tsarévitch pénètre dans le palais de Kachtcheï
24. Carillon féerique, apparition des monstres-gardiens de Kachtcheï et capture d’Ivan Tsarévitch – Arrivée de Kachtcheï l’Immortel – Dialogue de Kachtcheï avec Ivan Tsarévitch – Intercession des princesses – Apparition de l’Oise
25. Danse de la suite de Kachtcheï, enchantée par l’Oiseau de feu
26. Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kachtcheï
27. Berceuse (L’Oiseau de feu) – Réveil de Kachtcheï – Mort de Kachtcheï – Profondes ténèbres
28. Disparition du palais et des sortilèges de Kachtcheï, animation des chevaliers pétrifiés, allégresse générale
Pierre Boulez conducts The Cleveland Orchestra on this audiophile recording of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps. He also leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in their performance of L’Oiseau de Feu.
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