Stravinsky (Incls 'Le Sacra du Printemps', 'Petrushka' & 'L'Oiseau de feu')

"Rattle's is a reading that startles you again and again with the audacious rightness of Stravinsky's instinct."
(Gramophone on The Rite of Spring)

"An Apollo of clean grace, pure colour and scrupulous attention to dynamic markings. It has sinew as well, and a dancing line of a particular character that makes me suspect that Rattle has studied Balanchine's choreography of the work."
(Gramophone on Apollo)

"As ever with Rattle, it's the immense trust he places in the composer's handiwork, the care he exercises in matters of balance and dynamic shading, harmonic context and so on, that pays the dividends. The refinements here are manifold: pianissimos so intense that you can't quite believe them."
(Gramophone on The Firebird)