Robert Stumpf writes:

>I listened to a recording of the Kirov, under Gergiev, of Stravinsky's
>"Rite" and Scriabin's "Poem of Ecstasy" that blew me away.

If you can find it, try Sinopoli's Ecstasy with the NY Phil on DG--an
amazing performance with a quality I don't usually associate with the
NY--voluptuousness.  I've always been partial to Muti/Philadelphia's Rite.
I look forward to hearing the Gergiev though.

John Smyth