Duration
32 Min
Dag Achatz plays Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
Concert
Munich Klaviersommer
Production Date: 14/07/1984
32 Min
As a composer himself, the veteran Swedish piano virtuoso Dag Achatz brings a creator's insight to everything he touches – and never more so than in this performance of his own solo piano version of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps. Stravinsky himself created a two-piano version of his revolutionary ballet, but Achatz goes further: transforming Stravinsky's explosive rhythms and blazing textures into an electrifying, fiercely intelligent showcase for his own peerless solo pianism. "The rising excitement towards the end is extraordinary" wrote one critic of Achatz's commercial recording; this live performance (captured in Munich in 1984) is more dazzling still.
- Soloist:
- Dag Achatz (Piano)
