The Rite of Spring discography

This is a sound and video discography of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. The work was premiered in Paris on May 29, 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. It was presented by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and was conducted by Pierre Monteux. The list includes many of the most noted recordings of the work but is by no means exhaustive. The avant-garde character of the music, combined with Nijinsky's innovative choreography, caused a near riot at the first performance. It has since gained wide acceptance both as a ballet and as a concert piece.^[1]

The discography is not exhaustive; new recordings frequently appear, as do reissues of older recordings. In the tables, the year given is not necessarily an accurate guide to the time of the actual performance, since sometimes recordings are held for many years before release.

On BBC Radio 3's Building a Library, music critics have several times surveyed recordings of The Rite of Spring. On 22 March 2008 Rob Cowan recommended the 2004 recording by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Péter Eötvös (conductor), as the best available choice.^[2] On 6 July 2019 Jonathan Cross chose the version by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra as his recommendation.^[3]

The Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Igor Stravinsky version from 1960 is the recording that was sent into space as part of the Voyager Golden Record.

Discography

Audio recordings: (orchestral)

Year	Orchestra	Conductor	Label and format	Notes	References
1928	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Eugene Goossens	Cambria CD (2004)	Recording of rehearsals for west coast premiere, August 1928
1929	Orchestre Symphonique de Paris	Pierre Monteux	HMV 78rpm (4 discs); Pearl CD (release date not indicated)	First recording	[4]
1929	Walther Straram Concerts Orchestra	Igor Stravinsky	Columbia 78rpm (5 discs); Pearl CD (release date not indicated)	Recorded 4 months after Monteux's version	[4]
1930	Philadelphia Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski	Victor 78rpm (4 discs); Sony CD (2013)	First US recording	[4]
1939–40	Philadelphia Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski		Abridged and adapted for Walt Disney's Fantasia
1940	New York Philharmonic	Igor Stravinsky	Columbia/CBS 78rpm (4 discs). Sony CD (2013)		[4][5]
1945	San Francisco Symphony Orchestra	Pierre Monteux	RCA Vinyl
1946	Concertgebouw Orchestra	Eduard van Beinum	Decca 78rpm
1950	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Ernest Ansermet	Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps: 100th Anniversary Collector's Edition CD (2012)
1951	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Pierre Monteux	RCA mono LP; Sony CD (2013)	Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1993.[6]	[7]
1951	Philharmonia Orchestra	Igor Markevich	HMV mono LP; Testament CD (2004)	First British recording	[8][9]
1951	New York Philharmonic	Leonard Bernstein	Leonard Bernstein: Historic Broadcasts, 1946–1961 CD (2013)	Recorded live in Chicago, 1951
1952	Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin	Igor Markevich	Audite CD
1953	Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra	Antal Dorati	Mercury Records LP; The Dorati Edition CD (2012)		[10][11]
1953	Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra	William Steinberg	Capitol Stereo LP
1954	RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin	Ferenc Fricsay	Deutsche Grammophon LP
1955	Philadelphia Orchestra	Eugene Ormandy	Columbia/CBS LP; Sony CD (2013)	Uses 1943 version of Danse sacrale	[12]
1955	Orchestre National de France	Pierre Monteux	Pierre Monteux in France CD (2012)	Live 1955
1956	Paris Conservatoire Orchestra	Pierre Monteux	RCA Victor
1956	Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.	Jean Martinon	Ina CD	Live March 1956
1956	Orchestra des Cento Soli	Rudolf Albert	Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps: 100th Anniversary Collector's Edition CD (2012)
1957	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Ernest Ansermet	Decca mono/stereo LP: Decca CD (1999)		[8][13]
1957	Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.	Lorin Maazel	Ina CD	Live January 1957
1957	Baden Baden Radio Symphony	Jascha Horenstein	Vox LP	Reissued as a recording by the "Vienna Festival Orchestra & Albert Wolff"
1958	New York Philharmonic	Leonard Bernstein	Columbia/CBS LP. Sony CD and LP (2013)
1958	NDR Sinfonie Orchester	Igor Stravinsky	Arkadia CD (1992)	Live 1958
1959	Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra	Antal Dorati	Mercury Living Presence
1959	Philharmonia Orchestra	Igor Markevich	EMI LP
1959	Czech Philharmonic Orchestra	Igor Markevich	The Prague Spring Festival CD (2006)	Live 1959
1960	Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Igor Stravinsky	Columbia/CBS mono/stereo LP: Sony CD (2013)	Uses 1943 version of Danse sacrale	[8][9]
1960	Czech Philharmonic Orchestra	Karel Ancerl	Supraphon LP
1960	London Symphony Orchestra	Eugene Goossens	Everest mono/stereo LP; Everest CD (2008)		[8][14]
1960	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	René Leibowitz	Reader's Digest stereo LP. Chesky Records CD (1993)	Recorded as "London Festival Orchestra"	[15]
1962	USSR State Symphony Orchestra	Robert Craft	Akkord stereo LP		[8]
1962	Dresden Staatskapelle	Otmar Suitner	Eterna Stereo LP
1962	London Symphony Orchestra	Igor Markevich	BBC Legends CD	Live at the Edinburgh Festival, 1962
1962	Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra	Igor Markevich	Warsaw Philharmonic Archive CD	Live, January 1962
1963	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Herbert von Karajan	Deutsche Grammophon mono/stereo LP. DG CD (2007)		[7][8]
1963	Czech Philharmonic Orchestra	Karel Ančerl	Supraphon stereo LP; Supraphon CD (2002)		[16]
1963	Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.	Pierre Boulez	Concert Hall stereo LP		[8]
1963	London Symphony Orchestra	Pierre Monteux	BBC Radio Broadcast	Recorded on May 29, 1963; 50th anniversary of premiere (The orchestra was prepared by David Zinman)
1963	London Symphony Orchestra	Colin Davis	Philips LP
1966	USSR Symphony Orchestra	Yevgeny Svetlanov	Melodiya LP		[7]
1966	Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Milano	Bruno Maderna	STR LP
1967	Philharmonia Orchestra	Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos	EMI stereo LP.		[17]
1967	Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Bohdan Wodiczko	Polskie Nagrania Stereo LP
1968	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Seiji Ozawa	RCA stereo LP. Sony CD (2013)		[18]
1969	Plovdiv State Philharmonic	Dobrin Petkov	DDD CD
1969	The Cleveland Orchestra	Pierre Boulez	Columbia/CBS stereo LP. Sony CD (2005)		[8][9]
1969	Los Angeles Philharmonic	Zubin Mehta	Decca stereo LP		[8]
1970	Orchestre National de Belgique	Andre Vandernoot	Soundtrack	Used as the background recording for Maurice Bejart's 'Sacre du Printemps' film (1970)
1971	New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra	Gunther Schuller	NEC stereo LP	Recorded live October 1971	[8]
1972	London Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Bernstein	Columbia/CBS LP. Sony CD (2013)	(Bernstein Century Collection)	[13]
1972	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Michael Tilson Thomas	Deutsche Grammophon LP
1972	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Herbert von Karajan	Testament CD (2009)	Recorded live, May 1972
1973	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Bernard Haitink	Philips LP		[19]
1973	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Erich Leinsdorf	London Records LP
1974	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Sir Georg Solti	Decca
1974	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Lorin Maazel	London Records Stereo LP
1975	London Symphony Orchestra	Claudio Abbado	Deutsche Grammophon stereo LP.
1976	Concertgebouw Orchestra	Colin Davis	Philips stereo LP. Philips CD (2003)		[20][21]
1976	ORF Symphonieorchester	Leif Segerstam	ORF LP
1977	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Herbert von Karajan	Deutsche Grammophon stereo LP. DG CD (2000)		[8][9]
1977	National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain	Sir Simon Rattle	Academy Sound and Vision CD		[22]
1977	Minnesota Orchestra	Stanislaw Skrowaczewski	Candide Stereo LP
1977	Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra	Seiji Ozawa	Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives	Recorded Live July 28, 1977
1978	New York Philharmonic	Zubin Mehta	CBS Masterworks stereo LP, quadrophonic LP, 4-Track Reel-to-reel		[23]
1978	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Herbert von Karajan	Palexa Records Audio CD (2004)	Recorded live, 1978
1978	London Symphony Orchestra	Eduardo Mata	RCA LP
1979	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Seiji Ozawa	Philips LP		[37]
1979	Philadelphia Orchestra	Riccardo Muti	EMI/Angel stereo LP. EMI CD (2002)		[24]
1980	The Cleveland Orchestra	Lorin Maazel	Telarc stereo LP: Telarc CD (2005)		[22]
1980	Japan Philharmonic Orchestra	Igor Markevich	Japan Philharmonic Orchestra CD	Live November 1980
1981	Detroit Symphony Orchestra	Antal Dorati	Decca/London stereo LP; CD	Winner, Grand Prix du Disque; First digital recording of the work	[25]
1981	Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra	Vladimir Fedoseyev	HMV Melodiya Concert Classics LP
1981	Czech Philharmonic Orchestra	Zdenek Kosler	Supraphon LP
1982	Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	Leonard Bernstein	Deutsche Grammophon stereo LP; DG Virtuoso CD (2012)		[26]
1982	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Igor Markevich	Cascavelle CD
1982	Toronto Symphony Orchestra	Andrew Davis	Orpheum Masters CD
1984	Montreal Symphony Orchestra	Charles Dutoit	Decca CD		[27][28]
1985	The Cleveland Orchestra	Riccardo Chailly	London CD
1985	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Zubin Mehta	Orfeo International Music CD	Live August 21, 1985
1987	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	Simon Rattle	EMI CD		[14][27]
1987	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Charles Mackerras	EMI CD		[22]
1987	Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Sixten Ehrling	BIS CD
1987	Orchestre de Paris	Daniel Barenboim	Erato CD
1987	London Symphony Orchestra	Gennady Rozhdestvensky	Nimbus Records CD
1987	Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra	Leonard Bernstein	Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives	Recorded Live August 11, 1987
1987	Orchestra of the National Theatre Prague	Allan Lewis	Soundtrack	Used as background recording for the Joffrey Ballet's video of reconstructed choreography
1988	London Symphony Orchestra	Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos	Collins Classics CD
1988	Joven Orquesta Nacional de España	Edmon Colomer	Harmonia Mundi France CD
1989	Philharmonia Orchestra	Esa-Pekka Salonen	Sony Classical CD
1990	Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Rex Lawson (pianola)	Benjamin Zander	Innovative Music Productions CD	Piano roll version from 1921	[27]
1990	BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels	Alexander Rahbari	Naxos CD		[29]
1990	Philharmonia Orchestra	Eliahu Inbal	Teldec CD
1990	New York Philharmonic	Zubin Mehta	Telarc Digital CD
1990	Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks	Ernest Bour	Naïve classique CD (2016)
1990	Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	RCA Victor CD
1991	Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	Yoel Levi	Telarc CD		[29]
1991	Cleveland Orchestra	Pierre Boulez	Deutsche Grammophon CD		[26]
1991	Dallas Symphony Orchestra	Eduardo Mata	Dorian Recordings CD
1991	Concertgebouw Orchestra	Sir Georg Solti	Decca CD	Recorded live
1991	Orchestra of St. Luke's	Robert Craft	MusicMasters Classics CD
1992	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra	James Levine	Polygram Records CD
1992	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Kent Nagano	Virgin CD		[9][27]
1992	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	Simon Rattle	Soundtrack	Used as background recording for BBC's "Rattle's Rite" (1992)
1993	Oslo Philharmonic	Mariss Jansons	EMI Classics CD
1993	Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine	Alain Lombard	Valois CD
1993	Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de Loire	Marc Soustrot	Forlane CD
1993	Redwood Symphony	Eric Kujawsky	Clarity Recordings CD
1993	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Yuri Simonov	Centurion Music CD
1994	Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin	Vladimir Ashkenazy	Decca CD
1994	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Neeme Jarvi	Chandos CD
1994	BBC National Orchestra Of Wales	David Atherton	BBC Music Magazine CD	Live at the BBC Proms August 22, 1994
1995	London Symphony Orchestra	Robert Craft	Naxos CD	1913 version	[22][27]
1995	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Bernard Haitink	Philips CD
1996	San Francisco Symphony	Michael Tilson Thomas	RCA/BMG CD		[30]
1996	Minnesota Orchestra	Eiji Oue	Reference Recordings CD
1996	Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra	Valery Gergiev	Radio Broadcast
1997	Pasadena Symphony Orchestra	Jorge Mester	Newport Classics CD	A binaural recording
1997	Yale Symphony Orchestra	Shinik Hahm	Yale Symphony Orchestra Archives	Live February 8, 1997
1998	Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks	Lorin Maazel	Br Klassik CD
1998	Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra	Robert Spano	Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives	Recorded live August 1, 1998
1999	Kirov Orchestra	Valery Gergiev	Philips CD		[13]
2000	Oregon Symphony	James DePriest	Telarc CD
2000	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Daniel Barenboim	Teldec CD
2001	Peabody Symphony Orchestra	Hajime Teri Murai	Peabody Conservatory Archives	Live February 6, 2001
2002	Yale Symphony Orchestra	Shinik Hahm	Yale Symphony Orchestra Archives	Live October 13, 2002
2003	Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra	Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos	Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives	Recorded Live July 29, 2003
2004	Junge Deutsche Philharmonie	Péter Eötvös	BMC Records CD		[26]
2004	Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra	Paavo Jarvi	Telarc CD
2004	Iceland Symphony Orchestra	Vladimir Ashkenazy	Exton CD
2004	San Francisco Symphony	Michael Tilson Thomas	SFS CD	Keeping Score Soundtrack
2005	Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Valery Gergiev	Radio Broadcast
2006	Los Angeles Philharmonic	Esa-Pekka Salonen	Deutsche Grammophon CD		[22]
2006	Netherlands Radio Philharmonic	Jaap Van Zweden	Exton CD
2007	SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden	Sylvain Cambreling	SWR Music CD
2007	Philharmonia Orchestra	Robert Craft	Naxos CD
2007	Baltimore Symphony Orchestra	Marin Alsop	BSO Live ITunes	Recorded live
2007	Orchestre Philharmonique du France	Myung-Whun Chung	Deutsche Grammophon CD
2007	New York Philharmonic	Zubin Mehta	Deutsche Grammophon CD	Live January 2007
2008	Concertgebouw Orchestra	Mariss Jansons	RCO Live CD		[7]
2008	Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra	Andrew Litton	BIS SACD
2009	National Youth Orchestra of Canada	Alain Trudel	NYOC CD
2009	Duisburger Philharmoniker	Jonathan Darlington	ACOUSENCE ACO-CD CD	Rec Live September 2009
2009	Concertgebouw Orchestra	Zubin Mehta	Radio Broadcast	Rec Live
2010	Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela	Gustavo Dudamel	Deutsche Grammophon CD		[5]
2010	Budapest Festival Orchestra	Iván Fischer	Channel Classics CD		[5]
2010	Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo	Yakov Kreizberg	OPMC Classics CD
2010	St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra	Yuri Temirkanov	Signum Classics CD
2011	Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra	Andrew Litton	BIS SACD
2011	DuPage Symphony Orchestra	Barbara Schubert	Internet Archive	Rec live May 14, 2011
2011	Orchestre National de France	Daniele Gatti	Sony Classical CD	Recorded July 2011 but not released until 2013
2011	Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse	Tugan Sokhiev	Naive CD
2012	Budapest Festival Orchestra	Ivan Fischer	Channel SACD
2012	American Symphony Orchestra	Leon Botstein	ASO CD/MP3
2012	Berliner Philharmoniker	Sir Simon Rattle	EMI Classics / Warner Classics CD, 44 kHz/24bit FLAC	Recorded in concert	[31][32]
2012	Orchestre de l'Opera National de Paris	Philippe Jordan	Naïve CD
2012	New York Philharmonic	Alan Gilbert	NYP MP3	Recorded in concert September 2012
2013	Philadelphia Orchestra	Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Deutsche Grammophon CD, 96 kHz/24bit FLAC		[33]
2013	Tonhalle Orchester Zürich	David Zinman	RCA Red Seal CD	Contains the original 1913 version and final 1967 version
2013	Les Siècles	François-Xavier Roth	Mecenat Musicale CD	1913 version performed on period instruments
2013	Sinfonieorchester Basel	Dennis Russell Davies	SOB CD
2014	Seattle Symphony Orchestra	Ludovic Morlot	Seattle Symphony CD	Rec Live June 2014
2015	Park Avenue Chamber Symphony	David Bernard	Recursive Classics CD
2015	Musica Aeterna	Teodor Currentzis	Sony Classical CD
2015	Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt	Andrés Orozco-Estrada	Pentatone CD
2016	Sydney Symphony Orchestra	David Robertson	ABC Classics CD
2017	Concertgebouw Orchestra	Daniele Gatti	RCO Live CD
2018	Lucerne Festival Orchestra	Riccardo Chailly	Decca CD
2018	NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra	Krzysztof Urbanski	Alpha CD
2021	Orchestre de Paris	Pablo Heras-Casado	Harmonia Mundi CD
2022	London Symphony Orchestra	Sir Simon Rattle	LSO Live SACD
2022	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Vladimir Jurowski	LPO CD
2023	Orchestre de Paris	Klaus Mäkelä	Decca CD

Audio recordings: (derivative)

Year of recording/issue	Orchestra/Performer	Conductor	Label and format	Notes	References
1983	Larry Coryell		Philips LP, CD	Solo steel-string guitar version arranged and performed by Larry Coryell, performed on Ovation Elite model.	[34]
2009	Various	Various	Macro Recordings CD	Digital edit by Stefan Goldmann combining 14 different recorded orchestral versions in 144 edited segments.	[35]
2014	The Bad Plus		Masterworks CD	Jazz trio interpretation by The Bad Plus.

Audio recordings: piano versions

Year of recording/issue	Performers	Label and format	Notes	References
1969	Eden and Tamir (Bracha Edan Alexander Tamir)[36]	Decca LP	4-hand piano version	[37]
uncertain	Mayumi Kameda Jean Jacques Balet	Cypres CD	4-hand piano version	[37]
1977	Ronald Farren-Price Rosslyn Farren-Price	Move Records LP	4-hand piano version	[38]
uncertain	Nikolai Petrov Alexander Ghinden	Melodiya CD	4-hand piano version	[37]
1979	Dickran Atamian	Delos CD	2 hands version arr. Sam Raphling	[37]
1981	Michael Tilson Thomas Ralph Grierson	EMI/Seraphim LP EMI CD (2002)	4-hand piano version	[37]
1987	Dag Achatz	BIS CD	piano 2 hands, arr. Dag Achatz	[13]
after 1994	Tamriko Siprashvili Mark Anderson	Nimbus CD	4-hand piano version	[37]
1995	Benjamin Frith Peter Hill	Naxos CD	4-hand piano version	[29]
2001	Fazil Say	Teldec Classics CD	4-hand piano version
2007	Philip Moore Simon Crawford-Phillips	Deux-Elles CD	4-hand piano version	[22]
2007	Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo	Wergo CD	4-hand piano version	[7]
2008	GrauSchumacher Piano Duo	Neos CD	4-hand piano version	[7]
2009	David Nettle Richard Martin	Netmark CD	4-hand piano version	[30]
2010	Fiona York John York	Nimbus CD	4-hand piano version	[30]
2010	Malcolm Wilson Philip Martin	Somm CD	4-hand piano version	[30]
2012	Eva-Maria Zimmermann Keisuke Nakagoshi	Dorian Sono Luminus CD	4-hand piano version	[26]
2014	Martha Argerich Daniel Barenboim	Deutsche Grammophon CD	Version for two pianos
2015	Jean-Efflam Bavouzet François-Frédéric Guy	Chandos CD	4-hand piano version
2018	Marc-André Hamelin Leif Ove Andsnes	Hyperion CD	4-hand piano version

Video recordings

Year of recording/issue	Orchestra/Ballet company	Conductor	Label and format	Notes	References
1966	London Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Bernstein	ICA DVD released 2012	Video recording of BBC concert 27 November 1966	[5]
1990	Moscow Classical Ballet and Orchestra	Pavel Sorokin	VAI DVD released 2010	Choreography by Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilev	[30]
1993	London Symphony Orchestra	Pierre Boulez	Image Entertainment DVD	Recorded at the Alte Oper Frankfurt
1993	Berliner Philharmoniker	Bernard Haitink	Arthaus Musik DVD released 2010	Recording of Royal Albert Hall Concert 1993	[30]
2006	San Francisco Symphony Orchestra	Michael Tilson Thomas	Avie DVD		[22]
2008	BBC Symphony Orchestra	Pierre Boulez	Medici Arts DVD	Video recording of BBC concert (date uncertain)	[9]
2009	Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Leipzig Ballet	Henrik Schaefer	Medici Arts DVD	Choreography and design by Uwe Scholz	[30]
2009	Mariinsky Orchestra & Ballet	Valery Gergiev	Bel Air Classiques DVD and Blu-ray	Reconstruction of original Nijinsky choreography	[14]