"Best Engineered Classical Recording."
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conducting
RR-70CD
[HDCD]
The Rite of Spring, The Firebird Suite and Song of the Nightingale have never sounded more magical or dynamic! The incredible realism of these HDCD® recordings perfectly conveys the drama, passion and dynamics of these three Stravinsky masterpieces!
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1. - 7. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision 1. Introduction 2. The Firebird and Her Dance 3. Variation of the Firebird 4. Round Dance of the Princesses 5. Infernal Dance of King Kashchei 6. Berceuse 7. Finale 8. - 11. The Song of the Nightingale 8. Presto 9. Chinese March 10. Song of the Nightingale 11. Game of the Mechanical Nightingale 12. - 25. The Rite of Spring Adoration of the Earth 12. Introduction 13. Auguries of Spring - Dance of the Adolescents 14. Game of Abduction 15. Spring Rounds 16. Games of the Rival Towns 17. Procession of the Sage 18. Adoration of the Earth (The Sage) 19. Dance of the Earth The Sacrifice 20. Introduction (The Pagan Night) 21. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls 22. Glorification of the Chosen One 23. Evocation of the Ancestors 24. Ritual Action of the Ancestors 25. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) |
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