To this day, the babushkas in villages in the Perm region – figures of great knowledge and
authority, like teachers, doctors and magicians rolled into one – dress as they did hundreds
of years ago and sit and sing these tunes. That is where The Rite of Spring comes from,
a combination of Russian folk tunes once known to every child in a Russian village street.
What I want to offer with this recording is the pure Russian essence of the piece. I want you,
the listener, to discover the real musical scent of this deep end of the world. – Teodor Currentzis
LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS
The Rite of Spring · Die Frühlingsweihe
(revised 1947 version)
Première Partie : L’Adoration de la terre
Part 1: The Adoration of the Earth
Erster Teil: Die Anbetung der Erde
1 Introduction 3:28
2 Les Augures printaniers – Danses des adolescents 2:58
The Augurs of Spring – Dances of the Young Girls
Vorboten des Frühlings – Tänze der jungen Mädchen
3 Jeu du rapt 1:09
Game of Abduction
Entführungsspiel
4 Rondes printanières 4:05
Spring Rounds
Frühlingsreigen
5 Jeux des cités rivales 1:51
Games of the Rival Tribes
Spiele der streitenden Stämme
6 Cortège du Sage 0:39
Procession of the Sage
Prozession des Weisen
7 Le Sage 0:25
The Sage
Der Weise
8 Danse de la terre 1:05
Dance of the Earth
Erdentanz
Deuxième Partie : Le Sacrifice
Part 2: The Sacrifice
Zweiter Teil: Das Opfer
9 Introduction 4:37
10 Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes 3:42
Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
Mystischer Reigen der jungen Mädchen
11 Glorification de l’Élue 1:35
Glorification of the Chosen One
Verherrlichung der Auserwählten
12 Évocation des ancêtres 0:37
Evocation of the Ancestors
Anrufung der Ahnen
13 Action rituelle des ancêtres 3:59
Ritual Action of the Ancestors
Weihevolle Handlung der Ahnen
14 Danse sacrale (L’Élue) 4:35
Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
Opfertanz (Die Auserwählte)