Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Petrushka Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Litton

• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Petrushka:
• 1 Stravinsky: Petrushka: Tableau I (1911 Version) 10:08
• 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka: Tableau II (1911 Version) 04:14
• 3 Stravinsky: Petrushka: Tableau III (1911 Version) 06:32
• 4 Stravinsky: Petrushka: Tableau IV (1911 Version) 14:00
• Le sacre du printemps: Pt. I:
• 5 Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps: Pt. I: Adoration of the Earth 15:39
• 6 Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps: Pt. II: The Sacrifice 18:25
• Total Runtime 01:08:58

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This release sees the critically acclaimed Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under its music director Andrew Litton perform two scores by Igor Stravinsky that stand at the pinnacle of 20th-century orchestral music.

Both Pétrouchka and Le Sacré du printemps were written for the ballet impressario Sergei Diaghilev and his company Les Ballets Russes.

The particularly striking aspect of Pétrouchka was the extensive use of folk song and street music, treated with extreme refinement and often biting irony – the character of Petrushka, a puppet come to life, was described by Stravinsky as ‘the immortal and unhappy hero of every fair-ground in all countries’.

The scandal associated with the 1913 première of Le sacré du printemps has become legendary – a scandal probably caused as much by Nijinsky’s choreography as by Stravinsky’s score. But even today, the music offers an extremely powerful experience, above all through its rhythmic qualities.

“Litton and the Bergen players are bursting with life” (International Record Review)

"Andrew Litton has been in charge of the Bergen Philharmonic for eight years, and unflamboyantly has steadily pushed the orchestra up the international rankings. The proof can be heard in these Stravinsky performances, where the refinement and precision of the playing are hugely impressive. Litton's care with the textures in Petrushka and his unfussy way of teasing out the instrumental strands in The Rite of Spring matches that exactness." (Guardian)

"If you are looking for a freshly painted Petrushka or a Rite to shake you up a bit, this is shockingly good.Just make sure the neighbours are out first." (IRR)

"Definitive Recordings BIS Records have once again raised the sonicbar and release a truly spectacular sound recording of two important works by Igor Stravinsky. The two ballet scores to Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. On a scale of 1 to 10 for sound quality, I would have to give this one a 12 Jean-Yves Duperron" (Classical Music Sentinel)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor

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