From pagan savagery to refined classical elegance via a masterpiece of oblique ritual, these recordings trace Stravinsky's eventful musical journey of creative curiosity and unquenchable originality. Sir Simon Rattle has long been acclaimed as a conductor of vivid insights in this music, and the Berliner Philharmoniker's virtuosity makes this a disc of aptly balletic power and poetry.

Track Listing
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): I Introduction / Introduction
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): II Les Augures printaniers/ Augurs of spring
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): III Danses des adolescents / Dances of the Young girls
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): IV Jeu du rapt / Ritual of Abduction
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): V Rondes printanières / Spring Rounds
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): VI Jeux des cités rivals / Ritual of the Rival Tribes
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): VII Cortège du sage: Le Sage / Procession of the Sage: The Sage
Le Sacre Du Printemps / The Rite Of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration De La Terre (Adoration Of The Earth): VIII Le Sage / The Sage
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth): IX Danse de la terre / Dance of the Earth
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part II: La Sacrifice (The Sacrifice): I Introduction / Introduction
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part II: La Sacrifice (The Sacrifice): II Cercles mystérieux des adolescents / Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part II: La Sacrifice (The Sacrifice): III Glorification de l'élue / Glorification of the Chosen One
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part II: La Sacrifice (The Sacrifice): IV Evocation des ancêtres / Evocation of the Ancestors
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part II: La Sacrifice (The Sacrifice): V Action rituelle des ancêtres / Ritual Action of the Ancestors
Le Sacre du Printemps / The Rite of Spring, Part II: La Sacrifice (The Sacrifice): VI Danse sacrale (L'Elue) / Sacrificial Dance
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Apollon Musagète, First tableau: Prologue: The birth of Apollo
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Variation of Apollo (Apollo and the three Muses)
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Pas d'action (Apollo and the three Muses)
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Variation of Calliope (the Alexandrine)
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Variation of Polyhymnia
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Variation of Terpsichore
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Second variation of Apollo
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Pas de deux (Apollo and Terpsichore)
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Coda
Apollon Musagète, Second tableau: Apotheosis