The Rite of Spring discography

Bassoon solo in the opening measures of the Introduction, "A Kiss of the Earth", The Rite of Spring ( Play ).

This is a sound and video discography of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. The work was premiered in Paris on May 29, 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. It was presented by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and was conducted by Pierre Monteux. The list includes many of the most noted recordings of the work but is by no means exhaustive. The avant-garde character of the music, combined with Nijinsky's innovative choreography, caused a near riot at the first performance. It has since gained wide acceptance both as a ballet and as a concert piece.[1]

The discography is not exhaustive; new recordings frequently appear, as do reissues of older recordings. In the tables, the year given is not necessarily an accurate guide to the time of the actual performance, since sometimes recordings are held for many years before release.

On the 22 March 2008 broadcast of BBC 3'S CD Review - Building a Library, music critic Rob Cowan surveyed recordings of The Rite of Spring and recommended the 2004 recording by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Peter Eotvos (conductor), as the best available choice.[2]

In 2014 the avant garde jazz trio The Bad Plus recorded The Rite of Spring on the Sony Masterwork label.[3]

Discography

Audio recordings: (orchestral)

Year of recording/issue Orchestra Conductor Label and format Notes References
1929 Orchestre Symphonique de Paris Pierre Monteux HMV
78rpm (4 discs); Pearl CD (release date not indicated)		 First recording [4]
1929 Walther Straram Concerts Orchestra Igor Stravinsky Columbia
78rpm (5 discs); Pearl CD (release date not indicated)		 Recorded 4 months after Monteux's version [4]
1930 Philadelphia Orchestra Leopold Stokowski Victor
78rpm (4 discs); Sony CD (2013)		 First US recording [4]
1940 New York Philharmonic Igor Stravinsky Columbia/CBS
78rpm (4 discs). Sony CD (2013)		 [4][5]
1946 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Eduard van Beinum Philips
78rpm; Philips/Epic LP
1951 Boston Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux RCA
mono LP; Sony CD (2013)		 [6]
1951 Philharmonia Orchestra Igor Markevich HMV
mono LP; Testament CD (2004)		 First British recording [7][8]
1954 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati Mercury Records
LP; The Dorati Edition CD (2012)		 [9][10]
1955 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Columbia/CBS
LP; Sony CD (2013)		 [11]
1957 Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Pierre Monteux RCA Victor
1958 New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Columbia/CBS
LP. Sony CD and LP (2013)
1958 L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet Decca
mono/stereo LP: Decca CD (1999)		 [7][12]
1960 London Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Everest
mono/stereo LP; Everest CD (2008)		 [7][13]
1960 Columbia Symphony Orchestra Igor Stravinsky Columbia/CBS
mono/stereo LP: Sony CD (2013)		 Uses 1933 version of Danse sacrale [7][8]
1960 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra René Leibowitz Reader's Digest
stereo LP. Chesky Records CD (1993)		 Recorded as "London Festival Orchestra" [14]
1962 USSR State Symphony Orchestra Robert Craft Akkord
stereo LP		 [7]
1963 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karel Ančerl Supraphon
stereo LP; Supraphon CD (2002)		 [15]
1963 Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F. Pierre Boulez Concert Hall
stereo LP		 [7]
1964 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon
mono/stereo LP. DG CD (2007)		 [6][7]
1966 USSR Symphony Orchestra Yevgeny Svetlanov Melodiya
LP		 [6]
1967 Philharmonia Orchestra Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos EMI
stereo LP. 		[16]
1968 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa RCA
stereo LP. Sony CD (2013)		 [17]
1969 Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez Columbia/CBS
stereo LP. Sony CD (2005)		 [7][8]
1970 Los Angeles Philharmonic Zubin Mehta Decca
stereo LP		 [7]
1971 New England Consevatory Symphony Orchestra Gunther Schuller NEC
stereo LP		 [7]
1972 London Symphony Orchestra Leonard Bernstein Columbia/CBS
LP. Sony CD (2013)		 (Bernstein Century Collection) [12]
1973 London Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Haitink Philips
LP		 [18]
1975 London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado Deutsche Grammophon
stereo LP.
1975 Berlin Philharmonic Ochestra Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon
stereo LP. DG CD (2000)		 [7][8]
1976 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Colin Davis Philips
stereo LP. Philips CD (2003)		 [19][20]
1976 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Decca
1978 New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta CBS Masterworks
stereo LP, quadrophonic LP, 4-Track Reel-to-reel		 [21]
1979 Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti EMI/Angel
stereo LP. EMI CD (2002)		 [22]
1980 Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Telarc
stereo LP: Telarc CD (2005)		 [23]
1981 Detroit Symphony Antal Dorati Decca/London
stereo LP; CD 		Winner, Grand Prix du Disque;
First digital recording of the work		 [24]
1982 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon
stereo LP; DG Virtuoso CD (2012)		 [25]
1984 Montreal Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit Decca
CD		 [26][27]
1987 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle EMI
CD		 [13][26]
1988 London Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Mackerras EMI
CD		 [23]
1988 National Youth Orchestra Simon Rattle Academy Sound and Vision
CD		 [23]
1990 Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Rex Lawson (pianola)		 Benjamin Zander Innovative Music Productions
CD		 Piano roll version from 1921 [26]
1990 BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Alexander Rahbari Naxos
CD		 [28]
1990 London Symphony Orchestra Kent Nagano Virgin
CD		 [8][26]
1991 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi Telarc
CD		 [28]
1991 Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez Deutsche Grammophon
CD		 [25]
1995 London Symphony Orchestra Robert Craft Naxos
CD		 [23][26]
1996 San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas RCA/BMG
CD		 [29]
1999 Kirov Opera orchestra Valery Gergiev Philips
CD		 [12]
2004 Junge Deutsche Philharmonie Péter Eötvös BMC Records
CD		 [25]
2006 Los Angeles Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen Deutsche Grammophon
CD		 [23]
2008 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons RCO Live
CD		 [6]
2010 Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Grammophon
CD		 [5]
2010 Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer Channel Classics
CD		 [5]
2013 Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Deutsche Grammophon
CD, 96 kHz/24bit FLAC		 [23]

Audio recordings: (derivative)

Year of recording/issue Orchestra Conductor Label and format Notes References
2009 Various Various Macro Recordings
CD		 Digital edit by Stefan Goldmann combining 14 different recorded orchestral versions in 144 edited segments. [30]

Audio recordings: piano versions

Year of recording/issue Performers Label and format Notes References
1969 Eden and Tamir (Bracha Edan
Alexander Tamir)[31]		 Decca LP 4-hand piano version [32]
uncertain Mayumi Kameda
Jean Jacques Balet		 Cypres CD 4-hand piano version [32]
uncertain Nikolai Petrov
Alexander Ghinden		 Melodiya CD 4-hand piano version [32]
1979 Dickran Atamian Delos CD 2 hands version arr. Sam Raphling [32]
1981 Michael Tilson Thomas
Ralph Grierson		 EMI/Seraphim LP
EMI CD (2002)		 4-hand piano version
 [32]
1987 Dag Achatz BIS CD piano 2 hands, arr. Dag Achatz [12]
after 1994 Tamriko Siprashvili
Mark Anderson		 Nimbus CD 4-hand piano version [32]
1995 Benjamin Frith
Peter Hill		 Naxos CD 4-hand piano version [28]
2007 Philip Moore
Simon Crawford-Phillips		 Deux-Elles CD 4-hand piano version [23]
2007 Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo Wergo CD 4-hand piano version [6]
2008 GrauSchumacher Piano Duo Neos CD 4-hand piano version [6]
2009 David Nettle
Richard Martin		 Netmark CD 4-hand piano version [29]
2010 Fiona York
John York		 Nimbus CD 4-hand piano version [29]
2010 Malcolm Wilson
Philip Martin		 Somm CD 4-hand piano version [29]
2012 Eva-Maria Zimmermann
Keisuke Nakagoshi 		Dorian Sono Luminus CD 4-hand piano version [25]

Video recordings

Year of recording/issue Orchestra/Ballet company Conductor Label and format Notes References
1966 London Symphony Orchestra Leonard Bernstein ICA DVD released 2012 Video recording of BBC concert 27 November 1966 [5]
1990 Moscow Classical Ballet and Orchestra Pavel Sorokin VAI DVD released 2010 Choreography by Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilev [29]
1993 London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez Image Entertainment DVD Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt
1993 Berliner Philharmoniker Bernard Haitink Arthaus Musik DVD released 2010 Recording of Royal Albert Hall Concert 1993 [29]
2006 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Avie DVD [23]
2008 BBC Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez Medici Arts DVD Video recording of BBC concert (date uncertain) [8]
2009 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Leipzig Ballet		 Henrik Schaefer Medici Arts DVD Choreography and design by Uwe Scholz [29]
2009 Mariinsky Orchestra & Ballet Valery Gergiev Bel Air Classiques DVD
and Blu-ray		 Reconstruction of original Nijinsky choreography [13]

Notes and references

Citations
  1. ↑ Hill, pp. 29–31
  2. ↑ Cowan, Rob. "Building a Library: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring". CD Review - Building a Library. BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2014/03/16/286816490/first-listen-the-bad-plus-the-rite-of-spring
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hill, p. 162
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 1)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 6)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Hill, p. 163
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 3)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring". The Gramophone. March 1955. p. 40.
  10. ↑ "Stravinsky: Petrouchka (Complete) / Le Sacre Du Printemps (Rite of Spring) / Four Etudes For Orchestra". Amazon. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  11. ↑ http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88765454312 Presto Classical, The Rite of Spring, Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 8)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  13. 1 2 3 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 2)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du Printemps". Amazon. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Ancerl Gold Edition 5 - Stravinsky: Petrushka, Rite Of Spring". ArkivMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring, Etc / Burgos".
  17. ↑ "Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring, Etc / Ozawa". ArkivMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 12)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Ballet". The Gramophone. March 1978. p. 61.
  20. ↑ "Stravinsky: The Firebird / Petrouchka (1947 version) / Rite of Spring / Orpheus". Amazon. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring".
  22. ↑ "Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibiton; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring". Amazon. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 7)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 13)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  25. 1 2 3 4 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 4)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 Hill, p. 164
  27. ↑ "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 11)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  28. 1 2 3 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 9)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 5)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  30. ↑ "Stefan Goldmann: Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps Edit". Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  31. ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0006_0_05553.html
  32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (page 10)". Presto Classical. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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