London Symphony Presents Stravinsky, Debussy, Prokofiev In One Concert

Valery Gergiev: conductor

Avgust Amonov: tenor

London Symphony: Chorus

London Symphony: Orchestra

Three seminal scores in one concert: Debussy's glittering seascape La Mer has long been admired for its descriptive precision, but no less atmospheric is his hazy evocation of the summer reveries of a faun; and over 90 years after its premiere, The Rite of Spring still has the power of an elemental force.

Prokofiev was under The Rite's spell in his cantata Seven They are Seven, but Stravinsky's own Symphonies of Wind Instruments is by contrast coolly classical. -- www.lso.co.uk