Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & Firebird, Mäkelä (CD)

“In taking these momentous scores back to their Parisian roots, Klaus Mäkelä, as expected, engages his keen ears and sense of orchestral drama to hear and to project their startling innovation . . . a conductor like Mäkelä can and does startle the senses with his nose for detail and atmosphere.” — Gramophone

Klaus Mäkelä brings the Orchestre de Paris to Decca Classics for a major new album of Stravinsky’s most iconic ballet scores — The Rite of Spring and The Firebird. The album represents Mäkelä’s first recording with his French orchestra, which he’s led since 2021. The performances captured here carry the combination of intensity, intelligence and authority on which the young conductor is building his extraordinary career.

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
October 2022, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris

Stravinsky The Firebird (1911 Version)
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
October 2022, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris

Discs: 1
Record Label: Decca
Release Date: March 24, 2023