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Album guide

The Rite of Spring

Hubert Laws

Released
1971
Label
CTI
Forces
Flute, Piano, Guitar, Vibraphone
Personnel
Hubert Laws, Bob James, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and others

For Debussy’s Syrinx, Laws dispensed with the starry CTI ensemble and overdubbed three flutes by himself.

The surrounding tracks use a much broader palette, including Bob James, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, bassoon, guitar and vibraphone.

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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsFauré; Stravinsky; Debussy; J.S. Bach · classical source works

Fauré’s Pavane, Stravinsky’s complete Rite of Spring and Debussy’s Syrinx are followed by the two individual Brandenburg Concerto movements used on the album.

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. PavaneFauré: Pavane, Op. 50
  2. The Rite of SpringStravinsky: The Rite of Spring
  3. SyrinxDebussy: Syrinx
  4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: IJ.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
  5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: IIJ.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048: II