Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Ozawa (CD)

“Ozawa’s hell-for-leather élan comes as close to as criminally graphic a representation of ritual murder in music as you are likely to hear.” — MusicWeb International (on Seiji Ozawa’s recording of Le sacre de printemps with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1968)

The legendary Stravinsky recordings of Seiji Ozawa and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are brought back to life in this new pressing from RCA with the addition of Fritz Reiner’s reading of Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss, recorded in 1958.

Stravinsky Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Seiji Ozawa conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4
Seiji Ozawa conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1968, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Stravinsky Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss), “Divertimento”
Fritz Reiner conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1958, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Stravinsky L’oiseau de feu (The Firebird), Ballet Suite (1919)
Seiji Ozawa conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Discs: 1
Record Label: RCA
Release Year: 1993