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RCO Live: Stravinsky's Firebird and The Rite of Spring under the baton of Mariss Jansons - cover 08002 image: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
RCO Live: Stravinsky's Firebird and The Rite of Spring under the baton of Mariss Jansons - cover 08002 image: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest

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Performers

Mariss Jansons, chief conductor (2004-2005)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Press quotes

'The Stravinsky was hair-raisingly exciting right from the opening notes in the lower strings with extraordinarily fierce lashes in a brilliant, rhythmically razor-sharp dance from hell and a broad, expansive finale.'
- Mischa Spel, NRC Handelsblad, concert review Stravinsky – De vuurvogel

'Jansons’s Rite was hard and ruthless, raw, rough, barbaric, yet executed by a perfect ‘machine’ – the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – which gave an incredibly good performance.'
- Sandra Kooke, Trouw concert review Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps

'Jansons unleashes exceptional Rite'
- Erik Voermans, Het Parool, concert review Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps

Playlist

Igor Stravinsky - L’Oiseau de feu (1910, re-orchestrated 1919)
01. Introduction 3:02
02. L’Oiseau de feu et sa danse 0:17
03. Variation de l’oiseau de feu 1:13
04. Ronde des princesses 5:03
05. Danse infernale du roi Kastscheï 4:49
06. Berceuse 3:55
07. Final 3:07

Igor Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps (1911-13)
Première partie: L'adoration de la terre
08. Introduction 3:21
09. Les augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes 3:21
10. Jeu du rapt 1:15
11. Rondes printanières 3:54
12. Jeux des cités rivales 1:58
13. Cortège du sage 0:44
14. Le sage 0:25
15. Danse de la terre 1:14
 
Seconde partie: Le sacrifice
16. Introduction 3:51
17. Cercles mysterieux des adolescentes 3:05
18. Glorification de l’élue 1:35
19. Evocation des ancêtres 0:44
20. Action rituelle des ancêtres 3:18
21. Danse sacrale (L’élue) 5:00
22. applause 0:25
  Total playing time 55:27

Live opgenomen in Concertgebouw Amsterdam op:

  • 7, 8 June, 14 December 2007 (L’oiseau de feu) and

  • 15, 16 November 2006, 25 June 2007 (Le sacre du printemps)

Catalogue No.: RCO 08002
Barcode: 5425008376295
Type: Hybrid Multichannel SACD, DSD 5.0 / stereo