May whoever listens to this music never experience the insult to which it was subjected and of which I was the witness in the Theâtre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, Spring 1913', wrote Stravinsky in 1968, of the premiere of his Rite of Spring.

Tracklist:

Introduction
The Augurs Of Spring/Dances Of The Young Girls
Ritual Of Abduction
Spring Rounds
Ritual Of The Rival Tribes
Dance Of The Earth
Introduction
Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls
Glorification Of The Chosen One
Evocation Of The Ancestors
Ritual Action Of The Ancestors
Sacrificial Dance
Introduction
Fisherman
Nightingale's Aria
Chamberlain, Bonze, Cook, Courtiers
Second Entrance Of The Nightingale
Chamberlain And Bonze
Nightingale's Second Aria
Chamberlain And Bonze
Fisherman
Prelude: Chorus And Orchestra
Cook
Reprise Of The Prelude
Chinese March
Chamberlain
Song Of The Nightingale
The Japanese Envoys
The Mechanical Nightingale
The Emperor, Chamberlain, Courtiers
Reprise Of The Chinese March
Fisherman
Prelude
Chorus Of Ghosts, Emperor
Nightingale
Death And The Nightingale
The Nightingale's Aria
Emperor And Nightingale
Funeral Procession
Fisherman

UPC: 747313250127
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 9.20.05
Format: CD

Robert Craft - Rite of Spring / Nightingale (CD)