Yuri Simonov leads the Royal Philharmonic through two of Stravinsky's most legendary works. The classical world was never the same after the Rite of Spring fomented a riot at it's 1913 premiere; it joins Stravinsky's 1945 arrangement of his beautiful breakthrough piece the Firebird !
1) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. Introduction
2) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. the Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls
3) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of Abduction
4) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. Spring Rounds
5) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of the Rival Tribes
6) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. Procession of the Sage
7) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. the Sage
8) Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. Dance of the Earth
9) Part 2. the Sacrifice. Introduction
10) Part 2. the Sacrifice. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
11) Part 2. the Sacrifice. Glorification of the Chosen One
12) Part 2. the Sacrifice. Evocation of the Ancestors
13) Part 2. the Sacrifice. Ritual Action of the Ancestors
14) Part 2. the Sacrifice. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
15) Introduction
16) Prelude and Dance
17) Variations
18) Pantomime 1
19) Pas de Deux
20) Pantomime 2
21) Scherzo
22) Pantomime 3 Rondo
23) Infernal Dance
24) Lullaby
25) Final Hymn