Part II: The Sacrifice: Introduction 03:53
01 Again a muted, subtly coloured start 01:09 $ 0.12 USD
02 Tone colour as atmosphere - the strings' motif 01:07 $ 0.11 USD
03 Four solo violas, above gently rocking strings 00:23 $ 0.04 USD
04 A pregnant pause, and a new motif in muted trumpets 01:14 $ 0.12 USD Part II: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls 16:19
05 Motif from the Introduction varied and extended 01:27 $ 0.15 USD
06 New motif, heralded by clarinets and violins, is introduced by alto flute 00:34 $ 0.06 USD
07 Variant of Motif No. 2 given out by two clarinets 00:44 $ 0.07 USD
08 Continued by oboes and bassoons; new motif in violins, cellos and bass clarinet 00:33 $ 0.06 USD
09 Main motifs yield to new idea from flutes 00:38 $ 0.06 USD
10 All change - direction, tone colour, metre - and two new ostinatos 00:40 $ 0.07 USD
11 Motif No. 1 returns in horn, then passed to flutes and strings 00:46 $ 0.08 USD
12 Texture, balance and tone colour keep changing 00:26 $ 0.04 USD
13 Instrumental enrichment, new counterpoint and a bleat of alarm 00:40 $ 0.07 USD
14 New derivative of Motif No. 2, a host of new sounds - and again the bleat 00:48 $ 0.08 USD
15 Into the finishing stretch, and we know we're in for something big 00:40 $ 0.07 USD
16 Putting the movement back together again 00:07 $ 0.01 USD
17 Mystic Circles of the Young Girls (complete) 08:16 $ 0.83 USD Part II: The Sacrifice: Glorification of the Chosen One 12:07
18 On into one of the most sensational movements ever written 01:36 $ 0.16 USD
19 The violence is almost graphic. An example of musical terrorism 00:35 $ 0.06 USD
20 Motif No. 2: a terrible, off-beat com-pah from strings, horns and oboes 00:13 $ 0.02 USD
21 The air is filled with the fearsome baying of wind and violins 00:20 $ 0.03 USD
22 A variant of Motif No. 2, but now descending 00:14 $ 0.02 USD
23 A study in the bruality of suspense - a musical mugging 04:12 $ 0.42 USD
24 The middle section begins with a massive but unequal confrontation 00:27 $ 0.05 USD
25 Against the odds, the 'descending motif' comes out on top 00:23 $ 0.04 USD
26 In the midst of the fray, a new 'rising motif' emerges... 01:02 $ 0.10 USD
27 ...and undergoes a typcially Stravinskyan expansion and compression 01:03 $ 0.11 USD
28 A much-needed breath before the movement entire 00:17 $ 0.03 USD
29 Glorification of the Chosen One (complete) 01:45 $ 0.18 USD Part II: The Sacrifice: Evocation of the Ancestors 03:11
30 The next movement consists of a single, chordal motif, three times varied 00:58 $ 0.10 USD
31 The second statement: breaking the metrical flow 02:13 $ 0.22 USD Part II: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action of the Ancestors 10:46
32 At last the establishment of a clear and steady beat, but will it last? 01:21 $ 0.14 USD
33 A counterpoint of ostinatos lends continuity to changing time signatures 00:42 $ 0.07 USD
34 Horns introduce the first real motif, destabilised by multiple metres 00:32 $ 0.05 USD
35 The motif disappears, though the background ostinato continues 00:32 $ 0.05 USD
36 A change of mood, then the whole orchestra crashes in 00:49 $ 0.08 USD
37 The steady pulse gives way to a tossed salad of one-bar motifs 01:06 $ 0.11 USD
38 Lately abandoned, the steady pulse returns, as does the 'trumpet motif' 01:06 $ 0.11 USD
39 The movement ends with a varied reprise of the opening 00:15 $ 0.03 USD
40 Evocation of the Ancestors (complete) and Ritual Action of the Ancestors (complete) 04:23 $ 0.44 USD Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance 29:43
41 The last movement is based on two motifs, the first most motable for its rhythm 00:20 $ 0.03 USD
42 The second motif is likewise predominatly rhythmical in effect 00:16 $ 0.03 USD
43 Two variants: one a rhythmic simplification, the other an expansion 00:20 $ 0.03 USD
44 A new section, again with two main motifs, the first from wind and strings 00:27 $ 0.05 USD
45 This is joined by another bried but very striking motif from muted brass 00:20 $ 0.03 USD
46 Tension dramatically increased by a violent interruption from timpani and gong 00:35 $ 0.06 USD
47 Motif No. 2 is passed from bassoons to high wind and trumpets... 00:34 $ 0.06 USD
48 ...and is twice interrupted by horns 00:41 $ 0.07 USD
49 Motif No. 1 erupts in full orchestra, then all hell breaks loose 00:48 $ 0.08 USD
50 New ostinato, over implacable repetitions of Motif No. 1, offset by clarinets 00:26 $ 0.04 USD
51 A new section, kick-started by percussion: timpani, bass drum and gong 01:11 $ 0.12 USD
52 Horns, doubled by strings, introduce the main idea of this new section 00:18 $ 0.03 USD
53 The return of the movement's opening section - or so we may think 00:54 $ 0.09 USD
54 Dramatic compression of now-familiar material 00:40 $ 0.07 USD
55 A terrifying cocktail of motifs old and new confounds expectations... 01:00 $ 0.10 USD
56 ...and leads to the coda, the final flourish of the whole work 01:45 $ 0.18 USD
57 Cue to all of Part II and end of CD 00:10 $ 0.02 USD
58 Part II (complete) 18:58 $ 1.90 USD Album total 154:14