Disc 1

1. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. Introduction, background and perspective
2. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. A gentle, other-worldly start; no sign of the
3. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. Music as mosaic; the composer as constructor
4. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. Two functions of metrical change: going with t
5. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. Or disrupting it: a sample of metrical violenc
6. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. A stealthy entry (clarinets)
7. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. Detour: the destabilising properties of chroma
8. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. On melodies, themes and motifs
9. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. The new cor anglais motif dominates
10. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. The oboe's rhythmic motif takes over
11. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. A primeval awakening
12. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. A panoply of Stravinskyan birdsong
13. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. A matter of mode
14. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction. Cue to Introduction
15. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 1. Introduction (complete)
16. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. The 'Rite of
17. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. The great ar
18. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. Putting the
19. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. The prevalen
20. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. Metre restor
21. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. The musical
22. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. An important
23. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. Another new
24. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 2. The Augurs of Spring Dances of the Young Girls. A crowded co
25. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 3. Ritual of Abduction. A real study in contrasts
26. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 3. Ritual of Abduction. Panic and pandemonium as timpani open f
27. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 3. Ritual of Abduction. Climactic m¿¿l¿¿e haunted by 'fear motif'
28. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. Suddenly another world, as flutes hover over
29. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. But a transient one: new movement arises from
30. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. 'Dragging feet motif' over ostinato violins,
31. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. 'Matching motif' developed further by flutes
32. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. A trilling commentary from piccolo and high c
33. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. 'Marching motif' theme goes polymetric in hug
34. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. An unexpected change of pace as tempo doubles
35. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 4. Spring Rounds. And an unexpected reversion, to a quiet close
36. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. Violent onslaught from brass and
37. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. Rival Tribes, rival motifs
38. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. Sensational violence comes close
39. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. Effects, impressions and alterat
40. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. A surprise re-entry and a change
41. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. A thinning of texture, a new ide
42. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. The new idea developed: a minor
43. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. The use of tone colour as an age
44. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. An unusual climax...
45. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 5. Ritual of the Rival Tribes. And a sinister transition
46. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 6. Procession of the Sage. Across the threshold into an instrum
47. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 6. Procession of the Sage. A sudden silence and then another wo
48. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 6. Procession of the Sage. Catapulted into the 'Dance of the Ea
49. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 7. Dance of the Earth. Tiny changes, unyielding ostinatos, masi
50. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth. 7. Dance of the Earth. Cue to Part One complete
51. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra~Part 1. The Adoration of the Earth (complete)

Disc 2

52. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 1. Introduction. Again a muted, subtly coloured start
53. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 1. Introduction. Tone colour as atmosphere - the strings' motif
54. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 1. Introduction. Four solo violas, above gently rocking strings
55. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 1. Introduction. A pregnant pause, and a new motif in muted trumpets
56. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Motif from the Introduction varied and
57. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. New motif, heralded by clarinets and v
58. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Variant of Motif No. 2 given out by tw
59. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Continued by oboes and bassoons; new m
60. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Main motifs yield to new idea from flu
61. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. All change - direction, tone colour, m
62. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Motif No. 1 returns in horn, then pass
63. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Texture, balance and tone colour keep
64. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Instrumental enrichment, new counterpo
65. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. New derivative of Motif No. 2, a host
66. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Into the finishing stretch, and we kno
67. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls. Putting the movement back together aga
68. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 2. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls (complete)
69. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. On into one of the most sensational move
70. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. The violence is almost graphic. An examp
71. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. Motif No. 2: a terrible, off-beat oom-pa
72. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. The air is filled with the fearsome bayi
73. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. A variant of Motif No. 2, but now descen
74. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. A study in the brutality of suspense - a
75. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. The middle section begins with a massive
76. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. Against the odds, the 'descending motif'
77. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. In the midst of the fray, a new 'rising
78. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. And undergoes a typically Stravinskyan e
79. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One. A much-needed breath before the movement
80. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One (complete)
81. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 4. Evocation of the Ancestors. The next movement consists of a single, chord
82. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 4. Evocation of the Ancestors. The second statement: breaking the metrical f
83. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. At last the establishment of a clear and
84. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. A counterpoint of ostinatos lends continu
85. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. Horns introduce the first real motif, des
86. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. The motif disappears, though the backgrou
87. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. A change of mood, then the whole orchestr
88. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. The steady pulse gives way to a tossed sa
89. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. Lately abandoned, the steady pulse return
90. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors. The movement ends with a varied reprise o
91. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 4. Evocation of the Ancestors (complete). 5. Ritual Action of the Ancestors
92. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. The last movement is based on two motifs, the first mo
93. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. The second motif is likewise predominantly rhythmical
94. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. Two variants: one a rhythmic simplification, the other
95. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. A new section, again with two main motifs, the first f
96. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. This is joined by another brief but very striking moti
97. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. Tension dramatically increased by a violent interrupti
98. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. Motif No. 2 is passed from bassoons to high wind and t
99. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. And is twice interrupted by horns
100. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. Motif No. 1 erupts in full orchestra, then all hell br
101. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. New ostinato, over implacable repetitions of Motif No.
102. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. A new section, kick-started by percussion: timpani, ba
103. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. Horns, doubled by strings, introduce the main idea of
104. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. The return of the movement's opening section - or so w
105. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. Dramatic compression of now-familiar material
106. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. A terrifying cocktail of motifs old and new confounds
107. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. And leads to the coda, the final flourish of the whole
108. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts~Part 2. The Sacrifice. 6. Sacrificial Dance. Cue to all of Part Two and end of CD
109. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra~Part 2. The Sacrifice (complete)