Ansermet/Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Part2-4

High quality sound: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=... Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestraSuisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet====================== =========Parts1&2-41 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1a, "Introduction" 2 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1b, "The Augurs of Spring" - "Dance of the Adolescents" 3 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1c, "Ritual Abduction" 4 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1d, "Spring Round Dances" 5 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1e, "Games of the Rival Tribes" 6 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1f, "Procession of the Wise Elder" 7 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1g, "Adoration of the Earth" - "The Wise Elder" 8 Part I, "Adoration of the Earth", No. 1h, "Dance of the Earth" Parts3&4-4 9 Part II, "The Sacrifice", No. 2a, "Introduction" 10 Part II, "The Sacrifice", No. 2b, "Mystic Circles of the Young Girls" 11 Part II, "The Sacrifice", No. 2c, "Glorification of the Chosen Victim" 12 Part II, "The Sacrifice", No. 2d, "Evocation of the Ancestors" 13 Part II, "The Sacrifice", No. 2e, "Ritual of the Ancestors" 14 Part II, "The Sacrifice", No. 2f, "Sacrificial Dance" Part2Stravinsky ran backstage, where Diaghilev was turning the lights on and off in an attempt to try to calm the audience. Nijinsky stood on a chair, leaned out (far enough that Stravinsky had to grab his coat-tail), and shouted counts to the dancers, who were unable to hear the orchestra (this was challenging because Russian numbers are polysyllabic above ten, such as eighteen: vosemnadsat).[6]Although Nijinsky and Stravinsky were despondent, Diaghilev (a Russian art critic as well as the ballet's impresario) commented that the scandal was "just what I wanted". The music and choreography were considered barbaric and sexual and are also often noted as being the primary factors for the cause of the riot, but many political and social tensions surrounding the premiere contributed to the backlash as well.[citation needed] Even though Nijinsky's original choreography was lost, the work is now a standard of dance troupes around the world and has been choreographed by Pina Bausch and Sir Kenneth MacMillan.The ballet completed its run of seven performances[disputed] amid controversy, but experienced no further disruption. The same performers gave a production of the work in London later the same year. Both Stravinsky and Nijinsky continued to work, but neither created pieces in this percussive and intense style again. The United States premiere was in 1924 in a concert (that is, non-staged) version.Stravinsky composed a piano four-hands version before finishing the orchestral score. The composer was continually revising the work for both musical and practical reasons, even after the premiere and well into ensuing years. The transcription for piano four-hands was performed with Debussy; since Stravinsky composed the Rite, as with his other works, at the piano, it is natural that he worked on the piano version of the work concurrently with the full orchestral score. It was in this form that the piece was first published (in 1913, the full score not being published until 1921 by Editions Russe de Musique). Owing to the disruption caused by World War I, there were few performances of the work in the years following its composition, which made this arrangement the main way in which people got to know the piece. This version is still performed quite frequently, as it does not require the massive forces of the full orchestral version.Stravinsky also made two arrangements of the Rite for player piano. In late 1915, the Aeolian Company in London asked for permission to issue both the Rite and Petrushka on piano roll, and by early 1918 the composer had made several sketches to be used in the more complex passages. Again owing to the war, the work of transcribing the rolls dragged on, and only the Rite was ever issued by Aeolian on standard Pianola rolls, and this not until late 1921, by which time Stravinsky had completed a far more comprehensive re-composition of the work for the Pleyela, the brand of player piano manufactured by Pleyel in Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R... *Note:Support the artist, their families and their legacy by purchasing their music.

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