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Stravinsky - Rite of Spring | SFS Media SFS0066

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring

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Label: SFS Media

Cat No: SFS0066

Barcode: 0821936006696

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 13th May 2013

Contents

Artists

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas

Works

Stravinsky, Igor

The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu): Suite
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)

Artists

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas

About

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a special Blu-ray re-issue of their ground-breaking episode of Rite of Spring from the 'Keeping Score' series, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Stravinsky's revolutionary ballet score.

Funny thing about revolutions, you never know when or where they’re gonna start. They can be social or political or artistic, and very often it's these artistic or cultural revolutions, revolutions in taste, really, that seem to predict other violent changes in society. That's exactly the case with the Rite of Spring.” With these words, Michael Tilson Thomas opens this episode from the San Francisco Symphony’s Keeping Score series.

In 1913, with Europe on the brink of war, a fashionable Parisian audience reacted with hostile frenzy to the premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s new work. The ballet’s shocking music and dance provoked a riot that evening, and was soon recognised as perhaps the most revolutionary piece of the 20th century, a reputation it maintains to this day.

In this Blu-ray, Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony take you from the salons of St Petersburg to the villages where Stravinsky found inspiration in the earthy power of Russian folk music and dance. Tilson Thomas then retraces Stravinsky's journey to the cultural crossroads of pre-war Paris. There, in collaboration with the great impresario Diaghilev and his star dancer Nijinsky, Stravinsky developed the shocking, erotic and violent evocation of pagan Russia that became Rite of Spring.

Presented for the first time on Blu-ray disc, 'Keeping Score: Stravinsky' features a thought-provoking documentary and a brilliant live concert performance of Rite of Spring, along with music from The Firebird. The documentary is filmed in standard-definition 16:9 widescreen, with concert performances filmed in high-definition 16:9 widescreen, and presented in optional 5.1 surround sound with Dolby TrueHD 96k upsampling.

Critical acclaim for Michael Tilson Thomas’ and the San Francisco Symphony’s 'Keeping Score' series:
Stunning in its clarity...masterful editing, composition and camera movement that always fits the music...truly places the viewer inside the orchestra, where all concerned are clearly having a blast.” - BBC Music Magazine

Contents:
1. Documentary on Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
2. Live Concert Performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Firebird Suite

Region code: A, B, C (region free)
Rating: E (exempt)
Picture format: high-definition, 16:9, widescreen
Sound format: 5.1 surround sound, Dolby TrueHD 96k upsampling
Total time: 2:07:54

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