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Release Date: Sunday 16 September 2001
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1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - GRAMOPHONE-Recording of the Month (Nov 2001)
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Part 1: The Adoration of the Earth
Introduction
Augurs of spring ó Dances of the young girls
Ritual of abduction
Spring rounds
Ritual of the rival tribes
Procession of the sage
The sage
Dance of the Earth
Part 2: The Sacrifice
Introduction
Mystic circles of the young girls
Glorification of the chosen one
Evocation of the ancestors
Ritual action of the ancestors
Sacrificial dance: the chosen one
Alexander Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy, op.54