Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Firebird
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Firebird
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
[ Decca / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 5 May 2023
Klaus Mäkelä brings the Orchestre de Paris to Decca Classics for a major new album of Stravinsky's most iconic ballet scores. The album represents Mäkelä's first recording with his French orchestra, which will be followed by a further Ballet Russes release in 2024 featuring Stravinsky's Petrushka and Debussy's Jeux and L'Apres midi d'une faune.
Klaus Mäkelä has electrified the musicians and audiences of the Orchestre de Paris since the start of his Music Directorship in September 2021. One of the major projects of his second season at the Philharmonie de Paris was a traversal of Stravinsky's pivotal ballet scores The Firebird and The Rite of Spring that proved anything but routine. The performances captured live on Decca's new release carry the combination of intensity, intelligence and authority on which the young conductor is building his extraordinary career.
83 minutes playing time
"Named last issue as one of our artists shaping music-making for tomorrow, Klaus Mäkelä follows his superb Sibelius set with a riveting Stravinsky double-bill." Editor's Choice Gramophone May 2013
"[Firebird] It would be hard to deny Mäkelä his place in the top tier. He creates a vibrant mood in every episode, even the ones that fill in while pantomime takes place onstage in Fokine's fairy-tale choreography. Not a note feels like filler here, because an astute musical intelligence is paying attention without letup. As in Le Sacre, there's a lovely natural flow to the performance." Fanfare
Tracks:
The Rite of Spring
The Firebird (1911 Version)
