Boulez Conducts Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps
by Igor Stravinsky / Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez
- Type: Album
- Released: 1969
- Label: Columbia Masterworks
- Country: France
- Length: 6:30
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Boulez Conducts Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps' presents Pierre Boulez's interpretation of one of the central orchestral works of twentieth-century modernism. With the Cleveland Orchestra, Boulez emphasizes rhythmic precision, structural clarity, and the score's sharp contrasts. The recording helped reinforce his reputation as a conductor able to bring analytical focus to modernist repertoire.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, avant-garde, orchestral, complex, dissonant
Tracklist
- Part I: Introduction
- Part I: Danses Des Adolescentes (Dances Of The Young Girls)
- Part I: Jeu Du Rapt (Mock Abduction)
- Part I: Rondes Printanières (Spring Round Dances)
- Part I: Jeux Des Cités Rivales (Games Of The Rival Tribes)
- Part I: Cortège Du Sage (Procession Of The Wise Elder)
- Part I: L'Adoration De La Terre (The Adoration Of The Earth)
- Part I: Danse De La Terre (Dance Of The Earth)
- Part II: Introduction
- Part II: Cercles Mystérieux Des Adolescentes (Mysterious Circles Of The Young Girls)
- Part II: Glorification De L'élue (Glorification Of The Chosen Victim)
- Part II: Action Rituelle Des Ancêtres (Summoning Of The Ancients)
- Part II: Danse Sacrale — L'élue (Sacrificial Dance, The Chosen Victim)
Credits
- Pierre Boulez - primary artist, conductor, liner notes
- Igor Stravinsky - primary artist, composed by
- The Cleveland Orchestra - primary artist, orchestra
- Guy Billout - artwork [cover art]
- Arthur Kendy - engineer
- Fred Plaut - engineer
- Felix Aprahamian - liner notes [translated by]
- Thomas Z. Shepard - producer
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