Igor Stravinsky
5) The rite of spring: ballet ; Fireworks : op. 4 ; Circus polka ; Greeting prelude : "Happy birthday"
Author
Series
Publisher
EMI
Pub. Date
p1988
Language
None
10) Ballets russes
Author
Publisher
Harmonia Mundi
Pub. Date
[2021]
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None
Description
In the space of three ballets, a previously unknown Russian composer revolutionized the music of his time. With The Firebird and Petrushka, respectively fairytale and folktale, and of course The Rite of Spring, a telluric invocation with its insanely innovative harmonies and rhythms, Stravinsky dynamized the Late Romantic orchestra, taking it too literally unheard-of places. Among the very first musicians to perform these works on the instruments...
12) The rite of spring (1913 version) =: Le sacre du printemps ; Petrushka (1947 version) = Pétrouchka
Author
Series
Royal edition volume no. 87
Publisher
Sony Classical
Pub. Date
c1993
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None