The Story of Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps - DVD

Leírás

First release on DVD.
With Valery Gergiev and Igor Stravinsky.
Featuring: Pierre Boulez, Alexander Toradze and others.
This programme records the meeting of two Russian musical giants, as Valery Gergiev, the most charismatic and dynamic conductor of our day, rehearses, performs and discusses Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, a masterpiece of the twentieth-century. This visceral music is close to the maestro’s heart. He not only talks about its history and demonstrates what makes it such an innovative, inspiring and exhilarating composition, but also explains his special affi nity with this work from Stravinsky’s “Russian period”.