The Rite of Spring[33’13]
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Part 1 No 1: The Kiss of the Earth: Introduction –[3’14]
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Part 1 No 2: Augurs of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls) –[3’02]
3
Part 1 No 3: Game of Abduction –[1’16]
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Part 1 No 4: Spring Rounds –[3’46]
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Part 1 No 5: Game of the Two Rival Tribes –[1’42]
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Part 1 No 6: Procession of the Oldest and Wisest One[0’38]
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Part 1 No 7: The Kiss of the Earth –[0’24]
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Part 1 No 8: Dancing Out of the Earth[1’18]
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Part 2 No 1: The Great Sacrifice: Introduction –[4’53]
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Part 2 No 2: Mystic Circle of the Young Girls –[3’03]
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Part 2 No 3: Glorification of the Chosen One –[1’24]
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Part 2 No 4: Evocation of the Ancestors –[0’42]
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Part 2 No 5: Ritual Action of the Ancestors –[3’31]
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Part 2 No 6: Sacrificial Dance[4’20]
Concerto for two solo pianos[21’32]
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Con moto[6’26]
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Notturno: Adagietto[5’37]
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Quattro variazioni[4’30]
18
Preludio e fuga[4’59]
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Madrid[2’56]arr. Soulima Stravinsky (1910-1994)
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Tango[3’12]arr. Victor Babin (1908-1972)
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Circus Polka[3’54]arr. Victor Babin (1908-1972)
Shortly before its notorious Paris ballet premiere in 1913, this was essentially how The Rite of Spring first saw the light of day: Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin recapture the heady, visceral thrill which must have been in the air when Stravinsky sat down at the piano with Debussy to create this landmark of modernism.