Disc No: GH 2342 Pierre Monteux, arguably the greatest French conductor of the twentieth-century, was born in Paris in April 1875 and died in the town of Hancock, in the state of Maine, USA, in 1964. His death occurred a few weeks before he was due to make his debut at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts in London at the age of 89, in a week of programmes alternating nightly at the Royal Albert Hall with Leopold Stokowski, then a mere 82 years old. At the time of his death, Monteux was principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, having been appointed to the post at the age of 86: his contract with the LSO stipulated that he serve a 25-year engagement.
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ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreevich (1844-1908) Op. 36 Russian Easter Festival Overture   San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - Pierre Monteux
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai   Christmas Night from ‘Christmas Eve’  
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Op. 34 Capriccio espagnol  
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887)   Polovtsian Dances – ‘Prince Igor’  
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)   The Rite of Spring - Introduction   Boston Symphony Orchestra - Pierre Monteux
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Augurs of Spring  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Dance of the young girls  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Ritual of abduction  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Spring rounds  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Ritual of the rival tribes  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Procession of the sage  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - The sage  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Dance of the Earth  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Part II Introduction  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Mystic circles of the young girls  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Glorification of the chosen one  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Evocation of the ancestors  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Ritual action of the ancestors  
Stravinsky, Igor   The Rite of Spring - Sacrificial dance: the chosen one  
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