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Product details
Title
Stravinsky: (L\')Oiseau de Feu; (La) Sacre du Printemps
Composer
Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Date of Release
30/06/2008
Label / Distributor
RCO Live / Harmonia Mundi
Pieces in Set
1
Genre(s)
Stage works
Stereo
Stereo
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
5425008376295
Work 1
Work Title
(The) Firebird, '(L')oiseau de feu'
Excerpt(s)
1. Introduction 2. SCENE 1 - Kashchei's Enchanted Garden 3. Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich 4. Dance of the Firebird 5. Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird 6. Supplication of the Firebird 7. Appearance of 13 Enchanted Princesses 8. The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples (Scherzo) 9. Sudden Appearance of the Ivan Tsarevich 10. The Princesses' Khorovod (Round Dance) 11. Daybreak (Ivan Tsarevich enters Kashchei's Palace) 12. Magic Carillon; Appearance of Kashchei's Guardian Monsters; Capture of Ivan Tsarevich 13. Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal; His Dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich; The Intercession of the Princesses 14. Appearance of the Firebird 15. Dance of Kashchei's Retinue under the Firebird's Spell 16. Infernal Dance of all Kashchei's Subjects 17. Lullaby (The Firebird) 18. Kashchei awakes; Death of Kashchei 19. SCENE 2 - Disappearance of the Palace and Dissolution of Kashchei's Enchantments; Animation of the Petrified Warriors; G
Composer
Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1910
Conductor
Mariss Jansons
Orchestra / Ensemble
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Work 2
Work Title
(The) Rite of Spring, '(Le) sacre du printemps'
Excerpt(s)
1. Adoration of the Earth 2. PART 1 - Introduction (Lento); The Augurs of Spring; Mock Abduction; Spring Round Dances; Games of the Rival Tribes; Pro 3. PART 2 - Introduction (Largo); Mystical Circles of the Young Girls; Glorification of the Chosen Victim; Summoning of the
Composer
Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1913 rev 1947
Conductor
Mariss Jansons
Orchestra / Ensemble
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
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