Igor Stravinsky Pyotr Il039yich Tchaikovsky Lorin Maazel - Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 (18 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Lorin Maazel
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: Andante sostenuto. Moderato con anima. Moderato assai, quasi Andante. Allegro vivo
2. Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: Andantino in modo di canzone
3. Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: Finale: Allegro con fuoco
5. The Adoration of the Earth: Introduction
6. The Adoration of the Earth: The Auguries of Spring / Dances of the Adolescent Girls
7. The Adoration of the Earth: Game Of Abduction
8. The Adoration of the Earth: Spring Rounds
9. The Adoration of the Earth: Games of Rival Tribes
10. The Adoration of the Earth: Procession of the Sage
11. The Adoration of the Earth: The Sage
12. The Adoration of the Earth: Dance of the Earth
13. The Sacrifice: Introduction
14. The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
15. The Sacrifice: Glorification of the Chosen One
16. The Sacrifice: Evocation of the Elders
17. The Sacrifice: Ritual Action of the Elders
18. The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance

No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: SACD Artist: STRAVINSKY/TCHAIKOVSKY Title: RITE OF SPRING/SYM 4 Street Release Date: 10/23/2001

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All Artists: Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Lorin Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra
Title: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Telarc
Release Date: 1/1/2002
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD
Genre: Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 089408056307

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No Description Available
No Track Information Available
Media Type: SACD
Artist: STRAVINSKY/TCHAIKOVSKY
Title: RITE OF SPRING/SYM 4
Street Release Date: 10/23/2001

CD Reviews

Great sonics

James M. Shertzer | Winston-Salem NC | 09/30/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This Rite of Spring has always been an impressive performance (and one of my favorite). An early Telarc digital triumph in the waning days of vinyl, it's even better in this stunning new SACD incarnation. The depth of field is uncanny, far better than on either the original vinyl or earlier CD version. The Tchaikovsky is perhaps less impressive but more than acceptable. Apart from the fact that both pieces are by Russians and can be VERY loud, I'm not sure I understand the pairing, though."

Performance and upgraded sound

Dennis Brandt | Red Lion, PA United States | 07/17/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There was always something a bit annoying about the sound of the early Telarcs recorded on the Soundstream digital machine. Turns out it was because the sampling rate was 50kHz, and the downsampling to 44.1kHz added many unwanted digital artifacts. With SACD technology, they can upsample the original master to 2.8MHz and then get an artifact-free downsampling to the standard CD. Even if you don't have an SACD player, replace your old version with this one. It's that much better sonically. In fact, I cannot tell the standard CD from the SACD layer. (That difference is apparent for those originally recorded in SACD, however.)

This is a superlative performance by a world-class orchestra. They give it a powerful and chilling sense of horror this music and its subject demands. I vote this as the finest performance of the Rite I've ever heard."