It’s official: as of 4:21 p.m. PDT yesterday, spring is here. Which means it’s time for a little Stravinsky.
From Esa-Pekka Salonen’s debut live recording at the Walt Disney Concert Hall—and his first recording as principal conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic—here’s the final movement from The Rite of Spring:
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