Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony — Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

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It was impresario Serge Diaghilev who commissioned a ballet inspired by the rituals of prehistoric Russia; and the star of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Vaslav Nijinsky, who first put <i>Le sacre du printemps</i> (<i>The Rite of Spring</i>) on stage in Paris on 29 May 1913. But it was Stravinsky’s music that made the most enduring impact: a 35-minute controlled explosion for a huge orchestra whose rawness, originality and primal rhythmic power would redefine modern music. It’s hard to overstate the impact of <i>The Rite</i>: a liberation of dissonance and rhythm in a score of such electrifying difficulty that few conductors—or orchestras—have been able to resist its challenge. Esa-Pekka Salonen first recorded it in 1990. Now, with the San Francisco Symphony, he aims to reaffirm the score’s wildness and danger. “It used to be a scary monster,” he tells Apple Music Classical. “It was such a wild beast.” “The San Francisco Symphony has a very strong tradition with Stravinsky, starting with Pierre Monteux,” he points out: Monteux, who conducted the explosive premiere of <i>The Rite</i> in 1913, would later become chief conductor of the SFS. Now it’s Salonen’s turn to reawaken that latent power. “<i>The Rite of Spring</i> must never be a mere showpiece,” he says. “I’ll never stop trying to find the menace and the glorious primitivism in this score.”

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Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony

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  1. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": I. Introduction 3:27
  2. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": II. Augurs of Spring 3:18
  3. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": III. Ritual of Abduction 1:21
  4. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": IV. Spring Round 4:06
  5. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": V. Ritual of the Rival Tribes 1:48
  6. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": VI. Procession of the Sage 0:41
  7. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": VII. The Sage 0:29
  8. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": VIII. Dance of the Earth 1:16
  9. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice": I. Introduction 4:39
  10. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice": II. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls 3:16
  11. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice": III. Glorification of the Chosen One 1:32
  12. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice": IV. Evocation of the Ancestors 0:42
  13. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice": V. Ritual Action of the Ancestors 3:43
  14. The Rite of Spring, K015, Pt. 2 "The Sacrifice": VI. Sacrificial Dance 4:38