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The Rite of Spring

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Audio CD (25 Mar. 2014)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sony Masterworks
ASIN: B00I89Y1XW
Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
Average Customer Review: 4 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 110,806 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #11304 in CDs & Vinyl > Bargain CDs > Music Outlet

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The Bad Plus has returned to Sony and signed a multi-album deal with Sony Music Masterworks. With a reputation for deconstructing popular songs and the avantgarde, it seems natural for the bad boys of jazz, The Bad Plus, to record their version of Stravinsky's controversial masterpiece THE RITE OF SPRING. This new recording captures The Bad Plus' unique version of the piece that they debuted on tour in 2011 in a multi-media program entitled ON SACRED GROUND: STRAVINSKY'S RITE OF SPRING.

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M. J. Millar

A thoughtful interpretation

25 June 2014

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As you'd expect from the Bad Plus, this is a fascinating and thoughtful interpretation of Stravinsky's work. The musicianship is exceptional and it holds the attention throughout. It's also a bit more approachable than some of their other work so a good first listen. It's grown on me the more I've listened to it.

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Tom265

Creative and true to the original

1 January 2018

Format: Audio CD

Let’s get two things straight - the Rite of Spring is near the top of my list of the most mind blowing and wonderful works ever produced. Secondly ,The Bad Plus have produced some wonderful stuff in the jazz trio idiom, I absolutely love the album with Joshua Redman.

I was curious yet dubious before I got this. The harmony, counterpoint, orchestration and sheer colour of the Rite doesn’t lend itself to a jazz trio. Nonetheless, these guys totally pull it off in their own creative way. It’s clear from the off that they respect the work, that they know the work inside out, that they are clear on their task. The dual tonality is brilliantly portrayed on the Piano, while left and right hand dance about with themes. The double bass often chimes in with its own little theme where you’re not expecting it to really add colour. The percussion plays an enormous role, the concise rhythmic hits breathtakingly in sync with the other band members and again, so true to the original.

Someone mentioned the David Patrick octet version, I’d love to hear that but can’t comment on a comparison as I haven’t heard the two. I’d imagine it would be a lot easier to focus on instrument colours in an octet.

In short though, if you’re at all at a loss as to whether to spend a paltry ten quid on this cd, use this checklist:

Love jazz trio?
Love the Rite?

Buy it.

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H. W. GOUGH-COOPER

A 'Rite of Spring Light'.

9 January 2017

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The Bad Plus have produced some very interesting albums over the years, but this falls rather short, probably because Stravinsky's original is too big to squeeze into the trio mould. Try The David Patrick Octet's version instead, if you can find it.

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William Totterdell

Fantastic

22 April 2014

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Have to say why but boy am I glad they did would love to see this choreography with original costumes the Ballet Ruis would be at home with this.

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You have to hear this

22 May 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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This is a great gift to the many jazz fans who are also classical enthusiasts. I had expected "jazz interpretations" of themes from The Rite of Spring, but that is not at all what this performance is: it is a complete performance of the Stravinsky music using piano, bass, drums, and some electronics. Can this music survive the loss of its extravagant instrumentation? What about the bass flute solo? Yes, the music survives, and the result is brilliant. The complex rhythms and harmonies are clear, and the performance is energetic and exciting. I'd love to hear more Stravinsky from this group, and maybe some Bartok or Kodaly.

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Dr. Debra Jan Bibel

100-years Old and Still Fresh

1 April 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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Igor Stravinsky was influenced by ragtime and very early jazz and in turn jazz artists decades later, such as Hubert Laws and Don Sebesky, made jazz arrangements of Stravinsky works, particularly of Rite of Spring, already a rather free jazzy classical ballet of wild rhythms and changes. Stravinsky scored his ballet not only for full orchestra but for four-handed piano (single or two pianos). The Bad Plus on this album probably used this two-piano arrangement as guide and added drums, acoustic bass, and for the introduction electronica for piano overlays and samplings. A heart beat and piano opens the album. The entire ballet is covered in 39 minutes. (For comparison, Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony has recorded it in 34 minutes.) Remarkably, the 1913 classical work adapts well as a jazz trio with swing underlying the dark musical and plot themes. The bass at times serves as the second piano with the drums covering the deeper bass line. The performance has no improvisation. The jazz rendition will not send shivers down the listener's back like the symphonic score with all its orchestral timbre and colors, but it demonstrates how fresh the Rite seems, though 100-years old. It is a dramatic work as a ballet and as a score, with crescendos and dissonance, whether performed in a symphonic hall or a jazz club. I have no doubt that Stravinsky would have approved of The Bad Plus version.

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the X man

its like meeting the best friend u never thought u had

3 January 2015 - Published on Amazon.com

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theres a sound u hear in your head..and u spend ur life listening out for
the same sound coming from someone else..this is that sound!!!
fabulous when that happens..its like meeting the best friend u
never thought u had..love it!

Zachattack

Continually the best

11 May 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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The Bad Plus are more than just an interesting jazz band. Deconstructing the rites of spring into a really surreal dream like clatter of melodies and rhythms. At first a grating struggle, but then transforming into a beautiful collection of pleasing shapes.

VALENWORTH

How can you go wrong when you're dealing with the ...

17 January 2015 - Published on Amazon.com

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How can you go wrong when you're dealing with the most important, most influential, most imitated, piece of music of the 20th century? It perfectly captures the Essence of this "Age of Anxiety".

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