Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (Live)

The warm, rich acoustics of Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the versatile brilliance of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra give a hair-raising edge to the frenzied savagery of Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps (Rite of Spring). Under the spell of their brilliant maestro Daniele Gatti, the orchestra plays with abundant energy and panache, from the bewitching bassoon opening to the whirlwind of the first part’s final episode “Danse de la terre”, with its hammering brass and incessant scampering of woodwind and string. This is a Rite with bite.