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The Rite of Spring's 1913 premiere created one of the most famous classical music riots in history. It's intensely rhythmic score, primitive scenery and radical choreography completely shocked the... more

With neo-classical works such as those on this disc, Stravinsky showed that great music could still be composed with the simplest of means, recalling Beethoven' achievement yet using his own... more

From the Russian fairy-tale enchantment of The Firebird to the austere ritual at the end of his Requiem Canticles composed over half a century later, Stravinsky's extraordinary creativity embraces a... more

Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra and Ballet in these Ballets Russes production of these Stravinsky ballets. Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kuznelsov, Marianna Pavlova, and Vladimir... more

The riot that took place at the first performance, in Paris, of Stravinsky' ballet, Le Sacre du Printemps, brought a notoriety to the young composer that placed him in the vanguard of contemporary... more