Credits:

Leonard Bernstein

Description:

This is the second release in the "Sony Classical Masterpieces Collection 1000". This album features Leonard Bernstein conducting "The Rite of Spring," which shocked the world as an experimental problem piece, and "The Firebird," Stravinsky's masterpiece of the same name. These masterful performances unleash the energy contained in these works, which only those who know the music thoroughly can possess.

Tracklisting:

1 THE RITE OF SPRING / Leonard Bernstein
2 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / THE AUGURS OF SPRING / Leonard Bernstein
3 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / MOCK ABDUCTION / Leonard Bernstein
4 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / SPRING ROUND DANCES / Leonard Bernstein
5 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / GAMES OF THE RIVAL TRIBES / Leonard Bernstein
6 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / PROCESSION OF THE WISE ELDERS / Leonard Bernstein
7 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / DANCE OF THE EARTH / Leonard Bernstein
8 THE RITE OF SPRING INTRIDUCTION / Leonard Bernstein
9 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / MYSTICAL CIRCLES OF THE YOUNG GIRLS / Leonard Bernstein
10 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / GLORIFICATION OF THE CHOSEN VICTIM / Leonard Bernstein
11 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / SUMMONING OF THE ANCESTORS / Leonard Bernstein
12 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / RITUAL OF THE ANCESTORS / Leonard Bernstein
13 THE RITE OF SPRING (SCENES OF PAGAN RUSSIA IN TWO PARTS) / SACRIFICIAL DANCE (THE CHOSEN VICTIM) / Leonard Bernstein
14 'L'OISEAU DE FEU' SUITE (1919 VERSION) / INTRODUCTION / Leonard Bernstein
15 'L'OISEAU DE FEU' SUITE (1919 VERSION) / THE FIREBIRD AND ITS DANCE / Leonard Bernstein
16 'L'OISEAU DE FEU' SUITE (1919 VERSION) / VARIATION OF THE FIREBIRD / Leonard Bernstein
17 'L'OISEAU DE FEU' SUITE (1919 VERSION) / THE PRINCESSES' ROUND / Leonard Bernstein
18 'L'OISEAU DE FEU' SUITE (1919 VERSION) / INFERNAL DANCE OF KING KASHCHEI / Leonard Bernstein
19 'L'OISEAU DE FEU' SUITE (1919 VERSION) / LULLABY / Leonard Bernstein
20 'L'OISEAU DE FEU' SUITE (1919 VERSION) / FINALE / Leonard Bernstein