To this day, the babushkas in villages in the Perm region – figures of great knowledge and authority, like teachers, doctors and agicians rolled into one – dress as they did hundreds of > years ago and sit and sing these tunes. That is where The Rite of Spring comes from, a combination of Russian folk tunes once known to every child in a Russian village street.
What I want to offer with this recording is the pure Russian essence of the piece. I want you, the listener, to discover the real musical scent of this deep end of the world.
– Teodor Currentzis
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