Doug, I'm definitely an enthusiast for several of the Stravinsky works, particularly The Rite of Spring, Petrouchka and The Firebird, and own multiple recordings of each. My first suggestion would be not to limit yourself to SACD, but to pick excellent performances in excellent sound, regardless of the format. A superb bargain for Rite and Petrouchka is the
Ozawa which I've recommended here before. A recent discovery of something of a "sleeper" in Rite and Firebird is the
Simonov . Both of these leave nothing to be desired in either performance or sound, especially when played in surround using DPLII mode, and are available from sellers on Amazon at practically give-away prices.
I've borrowed two SACD Rites, the Jarvi and the Salonen, and would recommend the
Salonen if it absolutely had to be SACD(bass drum, if anything, too prominent), but I bought neither, since I preferred the Ozawa and Simonov recordings.
