Christopher Rosevear ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >I have spent the last two days listening, on and off, to Fazil Say's >version of the Rite of Spring. It is based around the authorised 4 hand >piano version, but with substantial reference to the score (which version >is not stated - but not the original 1913 version). However, there are >only two hands involved - Fazil Say's - and they are overdubbed, sometimes >resulting in 8 hands. Often, he damps the strings with fingers and other There actually is an 8-hand version available on disc: by the Amsterdam Piano Quartet, c/w Debussy's Jeux: very appropriate coupling indeed, as this score was also premiered by the Ballet Russe about 2 weeks before the Rite. Jeux also caused a near-riot, only overshadowed by the greater one which occurred at the premiere of the Rite. Both are arranged by Maarten Bon, a member of the APQ. Channel Clasics CCS 4992. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]