Salonen conducts Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at Disney Hall $19.98

“Wow, this is some disc!...[Salonen] recorded The Rite of Spring previously with the Philharmonia for Sony, and that was a very exciting performance, but this one has just that much more bite and savagery in the Sacrificial Dance, or at the conclusion of Part One. Indeed, the playing of the Los Angeles Philharmonic is pretty amazing throughout, with well-nigh unbelievable clarity in the polyrhythmic complexities of the Entry of the Sage, but also in the gentler washes of color that open Part Two. The Miraculous Mandarin...is no less splendid...Including the original version of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain also was an inspired idea. This bit of musical barbarism is very much the 19th-century forbear of its two 20th-century cousins, and Salonen makes no effort to smooth over its rough edges...this recording, made in the excellent acoustics of the new Disney Hall...is superb in all formats, with rock-solid bass and a vividly coherent ensemble perspective that's all the more remarkable considering the level of detail captured. Let's hear it for the A-Team.”
David Hurwitz, Classics Today (10/10 Review)

Format: CD
Release Date: 2006
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 64:11
Contents:
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (original Mussorgsky version)
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring, 1947 version)
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

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