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Background

• A ballet and orchestral work written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes Company.
• The original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky, with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich.
• First performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913.

Recordings

• Jeux (Debussy), Le Sacre du printemps (Stravinsky), Two Pictures (Bartok).
  Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Francois-Frederic Guy (paino).
  Chandos.
  Gramophone Magazine (2015): Editor’s Choice.
  Sunday Times (2015): Albums of the Year.
  
  
• The Rite of Spring, Concerto for Two Pianos, Circus Polka, Tango, Madrid
  Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) · Hyperion
  Gramophone Awards (2018): Finalist Instrumental.
  Gramophone Magazine (2018): Record of the Month
  Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year (2018): Nominated Instrumental.
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2018): Winner.
  Radio 3 Recording of the Week (2018): Recording of the Week.
  Grammy Awards (2019): Nominee Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.

• Le Sacre Du Printemps, Alhambra Concerto.
  Isabelle Faust (violin).
  Orchestre de Paris.
  Pablo Heras-Casado.
  Harmonia Mundi.
  
  
• Jurowski Conducts Stravinsky Volume 1: The Firebird, The Rite of Spring
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Vladimir Jurowski · LPO
  Gramophone Magazine (2022): Editor's Choice

• Le Sacre Du Printemps (Stravinsky), Symphonie No. 5 (Prokofiev).
  Berliner Philharmoniker.
  Herbert von Karajan.
  Deutsch Grammophon.

• Le Sacre du Printemps (Stravinsky), Ma mere l’Oye (Ravel).
  Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Samson Tsoy (piano).
  Harmonia Mundi.
  BBC Music Magazine (2025): Instrumental Choice.
  Gramophone Magazine (2025): Editor’s Choice.
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2025): Finalist.
  The New York Times: Best Classical Music Album of 2025.
  
  
• Le Sacre Du Printemps, L'Oiseau De Feu
  Orchestre de Paris
  Klaus Mäkelä · DECCA
  Gramophone Magazine (2023): Editor's Choice
  Presto Editor’s Choice (2023)
  International Classical Music Awards (2024): Nominated Symphonic Music.
  Opus Klassik Awards (2024): Winner Conductor of the Year

• Le sacre du printemps, Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Apollon musagete
  Berliner Philharmoniker
  Sir Simon Rattle · Warner Classics
  BBC Music Magazine (2013): Orchestral Choice.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2013).

• The Rite of Spring, Petrushka, The Firebird, Apollo
  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Simon Rattle · Warner Classics
  Radio 3 Building a Library (2014): Recommendation

• Ballets Russes: Le Sacre Du Printemps, Petrouchka, L'Oiseau De Feu
  Michael Rolland (bassoon).
  Les Siècles
  François-Xavier Roth · Harmonia Mundi

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