| CD 1 |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Part I: L'Adoration de la terre (Adoration of the Earth) |
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Les augures printaniers: Danses des adolescentes (The Augurs of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls) |
| 3 | Jeu du rapt (Ritual of Abduction) |
| 4 | Rondes printanieres (Spring Rounds) |
| 5 | Jeu des cites rivales (Ritual of the Rival Tribes) |
| 6 | Cortege du sage (Procession of the Sage) |
| 7 | Le Sage (The Sage) |
| 8 | Danse de la terre (Dance of the Earth) |
| Part II: Le Sacrifice (The Sacrifice)
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| 9 | Introduction |
| 10 | Cercles mysterieux des adolescentes (Mystic Circles of the Young Girls) |
| 11 | Glorification de l'Elue (Glorification of the Chosen One) |
| 12 | Evocation des ancetres (Evocation of the Ancestors) |
| 13 | Action rituelle des ancetres (Ritual Action of the Ancestors) |
| 14 | Danse sacrale (L'Elue) (Sacrificial Dance: The Chosen One) |
| Recorded live in the Melbourne Concert Hall on 1 October 1988. First commercial release. |
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BELA BARTOK (1881-1945)
Concerto for Orchestra |
| 15 | I. | Introduzione (Introduction): Andante non troppo |
| 16 | II. | Giuoco delle coppie (Game of Pairs): Allegro scherzando |
| 17 | III. | Elegia (Elegy): Andante, non troppo |
| 18 | IV. | Intermezzo interrotto (Interrupted Intermezzo): Allegretto |
| 19 | V. | Finale: Presto |
| Recorded in the Camberwell Civic Centre, Melbourne, c. 1976. First CD release. |
CD 2 |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1991)
Turangalila-symphonie |
| 1 | I. | Introduction: Modere, un peu vif (At a moderate tempo, a little lively) |
| 2 | II. | Chant d'amour (Love song) 1: Modere, lourd (At a moderate tempo, heavy) |
| 3 | III. | Turangalila 1: Presque lent, reveur (Almost slow, dreamy) |
| 4 | IV. | Chant d'amour 2: Bien modere (At a very moderate tempo) |
| 5 | V. | Joie du sang des etoiles (Joy of the Blood of the Stars): Vif, passionne avec joie(Lively, passionate with joy) |
| 6 | VI. | Jardin du sommeil d'amour (Garden of Love's Sleep): Tres modere, tres tendre(At a very moderate tempo, very tender) |
| 7 | VII. | Turangalila 2: Un peu vif, bien modere (A little lively, at a very moderate tempo) |
| 8 | VIII. | Developpement d'amour (Development of Love): Bien modere |
| 9 | IX. | Turangalila 3: Bien modere |
| 10 | X. | Final: Modere, presque vif, avec une grande joie (At a moderate tempo, almost lively, with great joy) |
| Kaori Kimura piano, Takashi Harada ondes martenot |
| Recorded in the Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University on21 May 1985. First Australian performance. First commercial release. |
Hiroyuki Iwaki conductor |
