Stravinsky Ballets London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle

• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): The Firebird, K010:
• 1 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: I. Introduction 02:39
• 2 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: II. Premier tableau. Le jardin enchanté de Kastchei 01:35
• 3 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: III. Apparition de l'oiseau de feu poursuivi par Ivan Tsarévitch 02:09
• 4 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: IV. Danse de l'oiseau de feu 01:29
• 5 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: V. Capture de l'oiseau de feu par Ivan Tsarévitch 09:35
• 6 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: VI. Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d'or 02:33
• 7 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: VII. Brusque apparition d'Ivan Tsarévitch - Corovod (Ronde) des princesses - Lever du jour 07:15
• 8 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: VIII. Ivan Tsarévitch pénètre dans le palais de Kastchei - Carillon féérique 06:21
• 9 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: IX. Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kastchei 04:39
• 10 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: X. Berceuse (L'oiseau de feu) - Réveil de Kastchei - Mort de Kastchei - Profondes ténèbres 05:52
• 11 Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010: XI. Second tableau. Disparition du palais et des sortilèges de Kastchei 03:24
• Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 1:
• 12 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 1: I. The Shrovetide Fair (Introduction) 01:20
• 13 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 1: II. The Crowds 04:00
• 14 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 1: III. The Conjuring Trick 01:55
• 15 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 1: IV. Russian Dance 02:47
• Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 2:
• 16 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 2: I. Petrushka's Cell 04:36
• Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 3:
• 17 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 3: I. The Moor's Cell 02:42
• 18 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 3: II. Dance of the Ballerina 00:49
• 19 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 3: III. Waltz (The Ballerina and the Moor) 03:10
• Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4:
• 20 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4: I. The Shrovetide Fair (towards evening) 01:11
• 21 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4: II. Dance of the Wet-Nurses 02:39
• 22 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4: III. A Peasant Enters with a Bear 01:15
• 23 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4: IV. The Gypsy Girls Dance 01:05
• 24 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4: V. Dance of the Coachmen and Grooms 02:09
• 25 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4: VI. The Mummers (Masqueraders) 02:22
• 26 Stravinsky: Petruskha, K012 (Revised 1947), Scene 4: VII. Death of Petrushka 03:17
• The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1:
• 27 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1: Adoration of the Earth. Introduction 03:25
• 28 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1: The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls 03:08
• 29 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1: Ritual of Abduction 01:17
• 30 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1: Spring Rounds 03:31
• 31 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1: Ritual of the Rival Tribes 01:53
• 32 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1: Procession of the Sage - The Sage 01:05
• 33 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 1: Dance of the Earth 01:13
• The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 2:
• 34 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 2: The Sacrifice. Introduction 04:35
• 35 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 2: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls 02:59
• 36 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 2: Glorification of the Chosen One 01:38
• 37 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 2: Evocation of the Ancestors 00:43
• 38 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 2: Ritual Action of the Ancestors 03:38
• 39 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K015 (Revised 1947), Part 2: Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) 04:47
• Total Runtime 01:56:40

Info for Stravinsky Ballets

A magical bird outwits a green-clawed demon. A puppet judders into life at the Shrovetide Fair. And a pagan tribe summons the forces of nature, in music so violent that even 100 years later, we’re still feeling the aftershock.

110 years ago, Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes turned western art upside down, and Igor Stravinsky wrote the soundtrack. From the folk magic of the Firebird, to the fairground revels of Petrushka and the shattering rhythmic explosions of The Rite of Spring, it’s all about colour, energy and dazzling artistry. And believe us, when Sir Simon conducts three of his signature works in one incredible night, that’s exactly what you’ll get.

Stravinsky sent shockwaves through classical music in the 20th century. His first three ballets—The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring, all composed between 1909 and 1913—brought a new and frenzied sense of rhythm, so distressing to audiences that it caused uproar; The Rite of Spring even caused a riot.

And it’s not hard to see why. Is there any moment in music more demonic than the opening to The Firebird, a terrifying rumble of strings that would make Jaws tremble? There are few pieces more unsettling than The Rite of Spring with its carnal, tribal rhythms; or Petrushka with its impish Punch and Judy puppets.

A notable voice of authority on the works of Stravinsky, Sir Simon Rattle masterfully brings these three creations to life in this dramatic performance, recorded live in the Barbican Hall as part of his inaugural season as LSO’s Music Director.

“The juxtaposition of the three ballets also made sense as an incredibly vivid lesson in music history. To progress from the beauties of Firebird to the vividness of Petrushka and the rhythmic savagery of Rite in one evening is to be taken on a unique journey. Only the superlatives, only the full five stars can do justice to an evening which is bound to stay imprinted on the memory. This was a very fine concert indeed.” (Sebastian Scotney, Bachtrack)

London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Sir Simon Rattle
was born in Liverpool and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

From 1980 to 1998, Sir Simon was Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and was appointed Music Director in 1990. He moved to Berlin in 2002 and held the positions of Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker until he stepped down in 2018. Sir Simon became Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra in September 2017 and spent the 2017-18 season at the helm of both ensembles.

Sir Simon has made over 70 recordings for EMI record label (now Warner Classics) and has received numerous prestigious international awards for his recordings on various labels. Releases on EMI include Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (which received the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance) Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Ravel’s L'enfant et les sortileges, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. From 2014 Sir Simon continued to build his recording portfolio with the Berliner Philharmoniker’s in-house label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, which led to recordings of the Beethoven, Schumann and Sibelius symphony cycles. Sir Simon’s most recent recordings include Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, Turnage’s Remembering, and Ravel, Dutilleux and Delage on Blue-Ray & DVD with the London Symphony Orchestra’s record label, LSO Live.

Music education is of supreme importance to Sir Simon, and his partnership with the Berliner Philiharmoniker broke new ground with the education programme Zukunft@Bphil, earning him the Comenius Prize, the Schiller Special Prize from the city of Mannheim, the Golden Camera and the Urania Medal. He and the Berliner Philharmoniker were also appointed International UNICEF Ambassadors in 2004 - the first time this honour has been conferred on an artistic ensemble. Sir Simon has also been awarded several prestigious personal honours which include a knighthood in 1994, becoming a member of the Order of Merit from Her Majesty the Queen in 2014 and most recently, was bestowed the Order of Merit in Berlin in 2018. In 2019, Sir Simon was given the Freedom of the City of London.

From 2013, Sir Simon took up residency at Baden-Baden Osterfestspiele performing Die Zauberflöte and a series of concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker in his first season. Since then the partnership led to performances of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Peter Sellars’s ritualization of Bach’s St. John Passion, Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust,Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and most recently, Parsifal in 2018. For Salzburg Osterfestspiele, Rattle has conducted staged productions of Fidelio, Così fan tutte, Peter Grimes, Pelléas et Mélisande, Salome and Carmen, a concert performance of Idomeneo and many contrasting concert programmes. He has also conducted Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Berliner Philharmoniker for Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Osterfestspiele and most recently at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Wiener Staatsoper. Other recent opera productions for Sir Simon include Pelléas et Mélisande and Dialogues des Carmélites for the Royal Opera House; L'Étoile, Aus einem Totenhaus, Káťa Kabanová and La damnation de Faust for the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, and Andrew Norman’s A Trip to the Moon at the Barbican Centre, London.

Sir Simon has longstanding relationships with the leading orchestras in London, Europe and the USA; initially working closely with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra, and more recently with The Philadelphia Orchestra. He regularly conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker, with whom he has recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies and piano concertos with Alfred Brendel and is also a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Founding Patron of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group..

Sir Simon Rattle was knighted in 1994 and in the New Year’s Honours of 2014 he received the Order of Merit from Her Majesty the Queen.

Booklet for Stravinsky Ballets