Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps 180g LP (Vinyl)

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Antal Dorati conducts the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Printemps.

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

Features:
• 180g Virgin Vinyl
• High Quality Pressing
• Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering

Musicians:
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor

Selections:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Le Sacre du Printemps
Side A:
Part I: The Adoratinon of the Earth
1. Harbingers of Spring
2. Dance of the Adolescents
3. The Mock Abduction
4. The Spring Rounds

Side B:
Part II: The Sacrifice
1. Mystical Circles of the Adolescents
2. Glorification of the Chosen One
3. Sacrificial Dance

Recorded November 1959 at the Northrop Memorial Auditorium, Minnesota