The ballets of Stravinsky

Stravinsky

Rite of Spring & Petrushka

Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales

PLUS! Leon Bosch celebrates Giovanni Bottesini, the 19th-century double bass pioneer; the RLPO’S new conductor Domingo Hindoyan talks to Richard Bratby; the pieces that bring music critics to tears; Andrew Green on Neville Cardus, opera and cricket’s great multitasker; Alexandra Wilson names the best versions of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly

Dancing deities: Serge Lifar and Alexandra Danilova in 1928 Apollon Musagète,

The Rite approach: hear Stravinsky’s ballet on your cover CD