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Le Sacre du Printemps

Leonard Bernstein · 1983

37 min · 14 tracks · classical music

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

Instrumental
94 /100
Summit
Higher than 100% of albums we've rated

Stravinsky’s sharply segmented, accumulating score rewards return listening; Bernstein’s vivid performance serves its contrasts, though this recording is not the work’s defining c…

What we noticed

  • A quiet, exposed bassoon opening gives way to jagged repeated figures and abrupt orchestral surges; the first part keeps interrupting its own momentum.
  • The second part begins with another hushed introduction, then tightens into insistent pulses that culminate in the Élue’s violently shifting final dance.
  • The 14 tracks follow the two-part ballet in order, preserving its reset between parts and its long build toward the final dance.
Composition 25% of the score
10/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
8/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
9/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
7/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
8/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 4/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 L'Adoration de la terre : I. Introduction (Lento) 3:27
  • 2 L'Adoration de la terre : II. Les Augures pintaniers. Danses des adolecentes 3:15
  • 3 L'Adoration de la terre : III. Jeu du rapt 1:21
  • 4 L'Adoration de la terre : IV. Rondes printanieres 3:47
  • 5 L'Adoration de la terre : V. Jeux des cités rivales 1:55
  • 6 L'Adoration de la terre : VI. Cortège du sage 0:43
  • 7 L'Adoration de la terre : VII. Adoration de la terre - Le sage 0:21
  • 8 L'Adoration de la terre : VIII. Danse de la terre 1:18
  • 9 Le Sacrifice : I. Introduction (Largo) 5:28
  • 10 Le Sacrifice : II. Cercles mysterieux des adolescentes 3:50
  • 11 Le Sacrifice : III. Glorification de l'Élue 1:40
  • 12 Le Sacrifice : IV. Évovation des ancêtres 0:54
  • 13 Le Sacrifice : V. Action rituelle des ancêtres 4:12
  • 14 Le Sacrifice : VI. Danse sacrale. L'Élue 4:46

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