Stravinsky Rite Of Spring / Funeral Song / Jeu De Cartes Super-Audio CD

This double album offers a testimony to Stravinsky's overwhelming musical heritage, covering all the phases of his creative life. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is twentieth-century music! More than any other composer, he continued to develop his compositional style throughout his seven-decade-spanning career, innovating and adopting all the most important musical trends of his century. Historically, the musical journey starts with one of the first recordings of the recently rediscovered Funeral Song (1909), composed as a tribute to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov. The next phase in his development is represented with the raw but tremendously refined Rite of Spring (1913), Stravinsky's most famous work that created a scandal at it's Paris world premiere, and immediately turned him into a star. His Neoclassical style is showcased by Jeu de cartes (1937) and the Concerto in D (1947), whereas Agon (1957) presents Stravinsky's original take on Schoenberg's serialism. This multifarious repertoire is performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and their Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, who continue their acclaimed PENTATONE series of composer portraits that already featured monographs of Shostakovich, Bruckner, Ravel and Mahler.

1. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Introduction - 00:03:25 2. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls - 00:03:15 3. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of Abduction - 00:01:18 4. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Spring Rounds - 00:03:17 5. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of the River Tribes - 00:01:51 6. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Procession of the Sage - 00:01:07 7. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Dance of the Earth 00:01:14 8. Part II: The Sacrifice: Introduction - 00:04:16 9. Part II: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls - 00:03:27 10. Part II: The Sacrifice: Glorification of the Chosen One - 00:01:27 11. Part II: The Sacrifice: Evocation of the Ancestors - 00:00:43 12. Part II: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action of the Ancestors - 00:04:00 13. Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance 00:04:35 14. Pogrebal'naya Pesn' (Funeral Song), Op. 5 00:12:32 15. Jeu de Cartes (The Card Game) 16. Premi?re Donne (First Deal) 00:05:52 17. Deuxi?me Donne (Second Deal) 00:09:44 18. Troisi?me Donne (Third Deal) 00:08:34 Concerto for Strings in D Major 19. I. Vivace 00:05:43 20. II. Arioso: Andantino 00:02:53 21. III. Rondo: Allegro 00:03:24 22. Pas-De-Quatre 00:01:39 23. Double Pas-De-Quatre 00:01:29 24. Triple Pas-De-Quatre 00:01:06 25. Pr?lude 00:00:52 26. Premier Pas-De-Trois: Saraband-Step 00:01:14 27. Gaillarde 00:01:14 28. Coda 00:01:17 29. Interlude 00:00:52 30. Second Pas-De-Trois: Bransle Simple 00:00:58 31. Bransle Gay 00:00:55 32. Bransle Double (Bransle de Poitou) 00:01:20 33. Interlude 00:00:51 34. Pas-De-Deux - Pi? Mosso - L'istesso Tempo - Refrain 00:03:38 35. Coda - Doppio Lento - Quasi Stretto - Coda 00:01:20 36. Quatre Duos 00:00:33 37. Quatre Trios 00:02:23