Stravinsky - Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite, Scherzo, Tango | Channel Classics CCSSA32112

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite, Scherzo, Tango

£17.05

In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day

Label: Channel Classics

Cat No: CCSSA32112

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 27th February 2012

Contents

About




"The recipe seems simple: take a simple melody of six notes and repeat it in the same order, accentuating a different note each time. Next step: add a rhythmic pattern and repeat it many times. Prepare a few of these and combine them thoroughly until you get a polyrhythmic and polytonal mix! Finished.

With his simple recipe, Stravinsky changed the world. Many plants grew from this seed: beat, rock, rap, minimal music…

A pagan, sacrifice ritual with shocking music and shocking choreography: three exceptional talents - Roerich, Nijinsky and Stravinsky - brought about an artistic revolution with a masterstroke. 100 years later it still sounds fresh, pagan, scary, new and beautiful."
Iván Fischer (from liner notes)

The orchestration of Tango No.72 by Felix Guenther was approved by Stravinsky and first performed by Benny Goodman.

“…The Rite of Spring remains a seismic event in the history of music, still astounding in a performance as gripping and as powerful as this live account by Fischer’s BFO. These Hungarians manage the remarkable feat of making this familiar music sound ever fresh and new — I love Fischer’s chamber-music textures in Dances of the Adolescent Girls, and his Dance of the Earth sounds positively volcanic.” - The Sunday Times

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here