Stravinsky: The Firebird/Song Of The Nightingale

1. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Seattle Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Gerard Schwarz

2. Chant du rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Seattle Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Gerard Schwarz

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: One of the most towering Firebird ever recorded! Unsurpassed. Extraordinary performance Superb Stravinsky Firebird

Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet); Fireworks; Song of the Nightingale Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Moussorgsky: Picture at an Exhibition/Chopin: Etude in F major/Waltz in A minor Liszt & Enesco Rhapsodies No. 1 Bizet: Carmen Suite; Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Thomas: Mignon & Raymond Overtures Ibert: Escales; Ravel: Rapsodie, etc Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien/Beethoven: Wellington's Victory ASIN: B0000057KU Release Date: 1991-02-08

Tracks:

1. Fireworks: Fantasy For Orchestra
2. Firebird: Introduction
3. Firebird: The Enchanted Garden of Kastchei
4. Firebird: Appearance of the Firebird, Pursued by Prince Ivan
5. Firebird: Dance Of The Firebird
6. Firebird: Capture Of The Firebird By Prince Ivan
7. Firebird: Supplication Of The Firebird
8. Firebird: Appearance Of The Enchanted Princesses
9. Firebird: The Princesses' Game With The Golden Apples'
10. Firebird: Sudden Appearance Of Prince Ivan
11. Firebird: Khorovod Of The Princesses
12. Firebird: Daybreak
13. Firebird: Magic Carillon, Appearance Of Kastchei's Monster Guardians, And Capture Of Prince Ivan
14. Firebird: Arrival Of Kastchei The Immortal
15. Firebird: Dialogue Of Kastchei And Prince Ivan
16. Firebird: Intercession Of The Princesses
17. Firebird: Appearance Of The Firebird
18. Firebird: Dance Of Kastchei's Retinue, Enchanted By The Firebird
19. Firebird: Infernal Dance Of All Kastchei's Subjects
20. Firebird: Lullaby
21. Firebird: Kastchei's Awakening
22. Firebird: Kastchei's Death, Profound Darkness
23. Firebird: Disappearance Of Kastchei's Palace, General Rejoicing
24. Tango
25. Scherzo a la Russe
26. The Song Of The Nightingale: Introduction
27. The Song Of The Nightingale: Chinese March
28. The Song Of The Nightingale: Song Of The Nightingale
29. The Mechanical Nightingale's Game

Amazon.com

Antal Dorati was a veteran ballet conductor and a personal friend of Stravinsky. His recording of The Firebird was a legend in its own time, and its reappearance on CD, sounding better than ever, immediately reestablished its supremacy. All of Stravinsky's complete ballets--as opposed to the suites-- have "dead spots," moments when the music sort of stops and lurches about, illustrating something happening onstage. That's why the composer made the suites in the first place. However, many of his most fascinating orchestral ideas occur precisely in these "dead spots," which is why many conductors and audiences prefer the works complete. Trust Dorati: he's the most reliable guide to this music, and his orchestra gives him a virtuoso response. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

One of the most towering Firebird ever recorded!.......2004-08-13

The market proposes you a lot of worthable versions , but in in my personal view , there are three really overwhelming . And this is one of them . The other two are a superb version of Fricsay from the fifties and the another is Ansermet Suisse Romande of the fifties too .
This recording has a fierce and such span sense unique . The Minneapolis percussionists are ADMIRABLE .
Dorati made a glorious tour de force and the strings play with such level of vitality , magnetism and comittment as you will be surprised with such intensity level .

Unsurpassed........2002-10-26

There is only one word to describe Dorati's recording of The Firebird, definitive. No one before or since has managed to combine the delicate almost impressionist passages of the score with the violence of the infernal dance to such tremendous effect. Stravinsky's ground breaking score is treated with all the sensitivity and respect that it demands, yet Dorati never seems overwhelmed by it as many other interpreters seem to be, the conductors grip on the music is palpable, but this never prevents the music from breathing freely. Much has been made of the sound quality of the CD issue, for me this was never a problem. I listened to this CD on my Musical Fidelity CD Player fed through Conrad-Johnson amplifcation to Sonus Faber Speakers or Grado headphones. This system is very revealing of poor sound quality and I honestly felt that the Performance venue (Walthamstow Town Hall outside London) was very well captured, although their was some hardness to the upper midrange, compared to my original SR-1 Mercury LP pressing (Played on a Linn LP12), that is to be expected with CD's, it's a fault of the format rather than Bob Fine's recording or Wilma Cosart Fine's remastering. I'm just left to wonder what an SACD version would sound like. Over to you Wilma :)

Extraordinary performance.......2002-10-12

This one is a must-have !! Dorati signed here an all-times classic ! For those who don't like Stravinsky, I can only recommend to rediscover his music with this CD. The famed transparency of Stravinsky's music appears here in Cinemascope. And all the pieces are a pleasure to listen to. A treasurable recording.

And contrarily to the bashing done below, this remastering, directly from the original Ampex tape recorder, through the original Wetrex amps, without any compression (probably the "terrible mixing" the guy talks about), sounds INCREDIBLY dynamic and transparent (although there is some tape hiss at the beginning). Probably this guy doesn't know that the dynamics of the original tape is far superior to the 96 dB of a CD. In this remastering, the engineers decided not to use any compression, and the result is nothing short of exceptionnal in naturalness and dynamics. But to benefit from the high quality of this sound, one must own excellent hifi components. In fact, it's one of my test discs for hifi component's evaluation.

Superb Stravinsky.......2002-06-02

These performances, all with the LSO, are classics and deservedly so. This very dynamic performance of the complete Firebird ballet emphasizes sharpness of accent, rhythmic drive and a dazzling clarity of texture without slighting the sensuous colors of the music. In doing so, Dorati links the Firebird with the more overtly modernistic music of Petrushka and the Rite of Spring that followed in its wake, as opposed to emphasizing either its Debussy or Rimski-Korsakov like aspects. As for the suite from the Song of the Nightingale, Dorati's performance is somewhat less stately and majestic sounding than Reiner's classic account on RCA (which the composer himself specifically praised), emphasizing instead the music's wit and humor. The shorter pieces are delectable tidbits. A required purchase for lovers of 20th century music.

Firebird.......2001-07-29

Well conducted and well played, the recording/mixing quality is terrible. Sounds amaturish and poorly balanced. Lots of tape hiss from original recording.

Average customer rating: Why SACD? Best sound SACD reissue yet Analog to SACD done right!

Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet); Fireworks [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 [Hybrid SACD] Respighi: Ancient Dances and Airs for Lute Suites 1, 2 & 3 [Hybrid SACD] Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Debussy: La mer [Hybrid SACD] Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale [Hybrid SACD] Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6 [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0000DC15L Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

Why SACD?.......2005-12-15

One does not need a SACD Player to listen to this magnificient disk of sweeping, glorious and pervasive sound - the CD is good enough, and can be a preview of what could be heard on a SACD Player. I have rarely enjoyed better sound than this even on the latest DDD disks of brand labels.

Best sound SACD reissue yet.......2004-12-21

Best sound SACD reissue yet:
clear, detailed, resolution, sound-stage, dynamics. Either 2 or 3 channel DSD SACD. Good old Dorati's performance has drive, good tempi.
Recommended !

Analog to SACD done right!.......2004-10-17

This new release of this near-legendary 1959 Dorati/LSO performance goes to the head of the class. Using the earlier CD release as a sonic guide (the series was originally overseen by Wilma Cozart Fine), Universal's audio engineers have, again, given us a nearly perfect transfer of the original master tape to this newest, most advanced digital medium. I can't imagine something more musically satisfying.

Average customer rating: One of the Most Incredible Firebirds Ever! very good, but it has nothing on the NYP-Boulez recordings of this repertoire Excellent and Refined Impressive but cool

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/Nightingale/Rite of Spring Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Minnesota Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pictures at an Exhibition Bolero: Orchestral Fireworks Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/ Vocalise/ Etudes-tableaux Das Lied von der Erde Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba ASIN: B0000015A6 Release Date: 1996-04-30

Tracks:

1. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Introduction
2. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: The Firebird And Her Dance
3. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Variation Of The Firebird
4. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Round Dance Of The Princesses
5. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Infernal Dance Of King Kashchei
6. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Berceuse
7. The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Finale
8. The Song Of The Nightingale: Presto
9. The Song Of The Nightingale: Chinese March
10. The Song Of The Nightingale: Song Of The Nightingale
11. The Song Of The Nightingale: Game Of The Mechanical Nightingale
12. The Rite Of Spring: Introduction - Adoration Of The Earth
13. The Rite Of Spring: Auguries of Spring - Dance Of The Adolescents- Adoration Of The Earth
14. The Rite Of Spring: Game Of Abduction - Adoration Of The Earth
15. The Rite Of Spring: Spring Rounds - Adoration Of The Earth
16. The Rite Of Spring: Games Of The Rival Towns - Adoration Of The Earth
17. The Rite Of Spring: Procession Of The Sage - Adoration Of The Earth
18. The Rite of: Adoration Of The Earth (The Sage) - Adoration Of The Earth
19. The Rite Of Spring: Dance Of The Earth - Adoration Of The Earth
20. The Rite Of Spring: Introduction - The Sacrifice
21. The Rite Of Spring: Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls - The Sacrifice
22. The Rite Of Spring: Glorification Of The Chosen One - The Sacrifice
23. The Rite Of Spring: Evocation Of The Ancestors - The Sacrifice
24. The Rite Of Spring: Ritual Action Of The Ancestors - The Sacrifice
25. The Rite Of Spring: Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) - The Sacrifice

Customer Reviews:

One of the Most Incredible Firebirds Ever!.......2006-11-16

Eiji Oue and his Minnesota Orchestra have produced a Firebird performance that takes one's breath away!

Most of the music is slow and quiet up till the finale. Then the orchestra builds to a collossal explosion of brass power that makes STAR WARS sound puny, and that's not easy! It's one of the most impressive moments in classical music history, and it shocks people that an orchestra can actually sound this good. My friends are always asking to borrow this disc from me, and the finale astounds them with its power and its clarity. They return the disc with awed looks, and seem truly impressed. Why can't all music be as brilliant or original as this? What is WRONG with composers these days?

The Rite of Spring is also truly impressive, although my favorite piece on the disc is the Firebird by far.

The Rite of Spring pounds and grinds away, and some of the areas are incredibly distressing, shrieking and squealing like mad. The Sacrificial Dance at the end is a little too slow to be really unsettling, but the tones are marvellously clear and live. All in all, a very impressive disc, with the Firebird as a highlight.

For purists, the grandest part of the Firebird finale is played at EXACTLY the same speed as a live performance by THE COMPOSER HIMSELF, recorded on a black-and-white DVD in London, when Stravinsky was a frail 83-year old man. No doubt the composer would have enjoyed Oue's version as well. Since the sould quality on the DVD is scratchy mono, Oue's incredible stereo performance is now my favorite disc of all time.

very good, but it has nothing on the NYP-Boulez recordings of this repertoire.......2006-08-03

The Minnesota Orchestra deserves recogition as one of the front-runners amongst American orchestras these days. I'm very serious about that: they can match Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, or any other, section for section and note for note. These readings are outstanding performances by a great ensemble, then.

But the recordings of these pieces by Boulez, conducting the New York Philharmonic, are amongst the greatest recorded performances of any repertoire, and are preferable to these in every way. They're better recorded, leaping from the speakers with a raw power that simply isn't present with the effect of aural distance in the Minnesota recordings, and Boulez, with his mathematically analytical interpretitive approach, is more effective than Oue in this most rhythmically oriented music.

The difference is mostly due to the quality of the respective recordings, I think; but it remains true that the MSO delivers a lighter-bodied sound than the NYP... it's a Chianti to the NYP's Syrah. These are admirable readings but not the first choice.

Excellent and Refined.......2002-01-19

This CD I believe is very well done. The engineering of this recording is excellent and the quality of the orchestra is superb. Maestro Oue does a great job of taking the listener through the mind and works of Stravinsky. The Firebird is my favorite piece on the CD. One of the most wonderful moments in modern music is the beautiful horn solo at the beginning of the Finale. The Rite of Spring is also incredibly done. The emotion and the quality of this recording is at the highest level possible.

Impressive but cool.......2000-08-04

These magnificent works of art by Stravinsky are being played and recorded by numerous orchestras and the Minnesota Orchestra under Mr. Oue has made a startling performance of it. But there are some catches to it, and I think it is the excellence of the performance that bothers me most. Especially in the Firebird there is a lack of prominence, a lack of joy de vivre, and although the drumbeats are breathtaking, the intentions of Stravinsky are not fulfilled. As a matter of fact, there are better performances than this one, i.e. The Firebird in its original setting by Gergiev on Philips or The Nightingale by Dorati on Mercury Living Presence. Most of my criticism is focused on the point that it does not sound Russian enough. The recording by Reference Recording is flawless, although you should turn up your equipment to a rather unusual high volume to hear all details.

Average customer rating: Hours and hours of fun! Prodigious performances! Ansermet & Stravinsky - A Perfect Pair

Stravinsky: Ballets; Stage Works; Orchestral Works Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Septets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Debussy, Ravel: Orchestral Works Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra Strauss: Orchestral Works Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies & Tone Poems ASIN: B00005ND3M Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

1. The Firebird: Intro
2. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Kashchei's Magic Garden
3. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Appearance Of The Firebird Pursued By Prince Ivan
4. The Firebird: Tableau 1: The Firebird's Dance
5. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Prince Ivan Captures The Firebird
6. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Supplications Of The Firebird/Appearance Of The Thirteen Enchanted...
7. The Firebird: Tableau 1: The Princesses' Game With The Golden Apples
8. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Sudden Appearance Of Prince Ivan
9. The Firebird: Tableau 1: The Princesses' Round-Dance
10. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Daybreak
11. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Magic Carillon/Appearance Of Kashchei's Guardian Monsters/Capture Of...
12. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Dance Of Kashcheis Retinue Under The Firebird's Spell
13. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Infernal Dance Of All Kashchei's Subjects
14. The Firebird: Tableau 1: Lullaby (The Firebird)/Kashchei Awakes/Death Of Kashchei/Darkness
15. The Firebird: Tableau 2: Dissolution Of The Palace And Kashchei's Spells/Animation Of The...
16. The Song Of The Nightingale: Feast In The Emperor's Palace
17. The Song Of The Nightingale: The Two Nightingales
18. The Song Of The Nightingale: Illness And Recovery Of The Emperor Of China

Tracks:

1. Petrouchka: Tableau 1: The Shrovetide Fair
2. Petrouchka: Tableau 2: In Petrushka's Room
3. Petrouchka: Tableau 3: In The Moor's Room
4. Petrouchka: Tableau 4: The Shrovetide Fair, Evening
5. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: Intro
6. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: Augurs Of Spring/Dances Of The Young Girls
7. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of Abduction
8. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: Spring Rounds
9. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of The Rival Tribes
10. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: Procession Of The Sage
11. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: The Sage
12. The Rite Of Spring: The Adoration Of The Earth: Dance Of The Earth
13. The Rite Of Spring: The Sacrifice: Intro
14. The Rite Of Spring: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls
15. The Rite Of Spring: The Sacrifice: Glorification Of The Chosen One
16. The Rite Of Spring: The Sacrifice: Evocation Of The Ancestors
17. The Rite Of Spring: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action Of The Ancestors
18. The Rite Of Spring: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: The Chosen One

Tracks:

1. Pulcinella: Ov: Allegro Moderato
2. Pulcinella: Serenata: Larghetto 'Mentre L'Erbetta' - Carlo Franzini
3. Pulcinella: Scherzino: Allegro
4. Pulcinella: Allegro
5. Pulcinella: Andantino
6. Pulcinella: Allegro
7. Pulcinella: Ancora Poco Meno 'Contento Forse Vivere' - Marilyn Tyler
8. Pulcinella: Allegro Assai
9. Pulcinella: Allegro - Alla Breve 'Con Queste Paroline' - Boris Carmeli
10. Pulcinella: Largo 'Sento Dire No'nce Pace' - Marilyn Tyler/Carlo Franzini/Boris Carmeli
11. Pulcinella: Allegro - Alla Breve
12. Pulcinella: Tarantella
13. Pulcinella: Andantino 'Se Tu M'Ami' - Marilyn Tyler
14. Pulcinella: Allegro
15. Pulcinella: Allegro
16. Pulcinella: Gavotta Con Due Vars
17. Pulcinella: Tempo Di Minuetto 'Pupilette, Fiammette D'Amore' - Marilyn Tyler/Carlo Franzini/Boris Carmeli
18. Pulcinella: Allegro Assai
19. Apollo: Prologue: Naissance D'Apollon
20. Apollo: Var D'Apollon: Apollon Et Les Muses
21. Apollo: Pas D'Action
22. Apollo: Var De Calliope
23. Apollo: Var De Polymnie
24. Apollo: Var De Terpsichore
25. Apollo: Var D'Apollon
26. Apollo: Pas De Deux
27. Apollo: Coda: Apollon Et Les Muses
28. Apollo: Apotheose

Tracks:

1. The Fairy's Kiss: Scene 1: Prologue
2. The Fairy's Kiss: Scene 2: A Village Fete
3. The Fairy's Kiss: Scene 3: By The Mill
4. The Fairy's Kiss: Scene 4. Epilogue: Lullaby Of The Land Beyond Time And Place
5. Renard (A Burlesque Story To Be Sung And Played) - Gerald English/John Mitchinson/Peter Glossop/Joseph Rouleau/John Leach

Tracks:

1. The Soldier's Tale: Marche Du Soldat - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
2. The Soldier's Tale: Musique Pour Scene 1 - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
3. The Soldier's Tale: Musique Pour Scene 2 - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
4. The Soldier's Tale: Marche Royale - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
5. The Soldier's Tale: Petit Conc - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
6. The Soldier's Tale: Tango - Waltz - Ragtime - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
7. The Soldier's Tale: Danse Du Diable - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
8. The Soldier's Tale: Chorale - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
9. The Soldier's Tale: Marche Triomphale Du Diable - Michael Schwalbe/Hans Fryba/Leon Hoogstoal/Henri Helaerts/Paolo Longinotti/Pierre Aubapan...
10. Pulcinella: Sinf
11. Pulcinella: Serenata
12. Pulcinella: Scherzino
13. Pulcinella: Allegro
14. Pulcinella: Andantino
15. Pulcinella: Tarantella
16. Pulcinella: Toccata
17. Pulcinella: Gavotta Con Due Vars
18. Pulcinella: Vivo
19. Pulcinella: Minuetto
20. Pulcinella: Finale

Tracks:

1. Sym in C: I. Moderato Alla Breve
2. Sym in C: II. Larghetto Conc
3. Sym in C: III. Allegretto
4. Sym in C: IV: Largo - Tempo Giusto Alla Breve
5. Sym in Three Movts: I. 1/2nt = 160
6. Sym in Three Movts: II. Andante
7. Sym in Three Movts: III. Con Moto
8. Syms Of Wind Instruments

Tracks:

1. Con: Largo - Allegro - Nikita Magaloff
2. Con: Largo - Nikita Magaloff
3. Con: Allegro - Nikita Magaloff
4. Capriccio: Presto - Nikita Magaloff
5. Capriccio: Andante Rapsodico - Nikita Magaloff
6. Capriccio: Allegro Capriccioso Ma Tempo Giusto - Nikita Magaloff
7. Ste No.1: Andante
8. Ste No.1: Napolitana - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet L
9. Ste No.1: Espanola
10. Ste No.1: Balalaika
11. Ste No.2: Marche
12. Ste No.2: Valse
13. Ste No.2: Polka
14. Ste No.2: Galop
15. 4 Etudes: Danse
16. 4 Etudes: Excentrique
17. 4 Etudes: Cantique
18. 4 Etudes: Madrid
19. Scherzo A La Russe

Tracks:

1. Sym Of Psalms: I. Psaume XXXIX - Choeur De Radio Lausanne/Andre Charlet
2. Sym Of Psalms: II. Psaume XL - Choeur De Radio Lausanne/Andre Charlet
3. Sym Of Psalms: III. Psaume CL - Choeur De Radio Lausanne/Andre Charlet
4. The Wedding: Tableau 1: At The Bride's - Basia Retchitzka/Lucienne Devallier/Hugues Cuenod/Heinz Rehfuss/Vladimir Diakoff/Motet De Geneve...
5. The Wedding: Tableau 2: At The Bridegroom's - Basia Retchitzka/Lucienne Devallier/Hugues Cuenod/Heinz Rehfuss/Vladimir Diakoff/Motet De Geneve...
6. The Wedding: Tableau 3: The Bride's Departure - Basia Retchitzka/Lucienne Devallier/Hugues Cuenod/Heinz Rehfuss/Vladimir Diakoff/Motet De Geneve...
7. The Wedding: Tableau 4: The Wedding Feast - Basia Retchitzka/Lucienne Devallier/Hugues Cuenod/Heinz Rehfuss/Vladimir Diakoff/Motet De Geneve...
8. Mavra: Ov
9. Mavra: Air - Joan Carlyle
10. Mavra: Gypsy Song - Kenneth Macdonald/Joan Carlyle
11. Mavra: Dialogue - Helen Watts/Joan Carlyle
12. Mavra: Air - Helen Watts
13. Mavra: Dialogue - Helen Watts/Monica Sinclair
14. Mavra: Duet - Helen Watts/Monica Sinclair
15. Mavra: Dialogue - Helen Watts/Monica Sinclair/Joan Carlyle/Kenneth Macdonald
16. Mavra: Qt - Helen Watts/Monica Sinclair/Joan Carlyle/Kenneth Macdonald
17. Mavra: Dialogue - Helen Watts/Monica Sinclair
18. Mavra: Duet - Joan Carlyle/Kenneth Macdonald
19. Mavra: Dialogue - Kenneth Macdonald/Joan Carlyle/Helen Watts
20. Mavra: Air - Kenneth Macdonald
21. Mavra: Coda - Kenneth Macdonald/Joan Carlyle/Helen Watts/Monica Sinclair

Customer Reviews:

Hours and hours of fun!.......2007-01-24

Renard alone makes this set worthwhile. No other recorded performance (including Stravinsky's own) brings out the humor and basic "enjoyability" of this piece.

Prodigious performances!.......2006-10-17

Ernest Ansermet' s refined style was always supported by an admirable incisiveness around all what he conducted. And his Stravinsky still stands as one of the most perfect, idiomatic and extraordinary readings ever made; hovered with that deep vision and knower of the Stravinsky' s aesthetic; Ansermet always to blend power, febrile imagination and musculature, among his best achievements I should remark his Fairy' s kiss, The game of cards, Petrouchka, and the thundering Le Sacre are played with the right balance between abstraction and finesse; expression and sumptuous lyricism.

So you should not hesitate just for a second at the moment to decide to go for this special compilation.

Absolutely recommended.

Ansermet & Stravinsky - A Perfect Pair.......2003-05-19

This 8 CD collection of Stravinsky's Ballets, Stage Works and Orchestral Works is nothing short of magical. Conducted in its entirety by Ernest Ansermet leading the orchestra he founded, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, this box set, while not complete, features all the great Stravinsky compositions -- "Firebird," "Rite of Spring," "Petrouchka," "Pulcinella," and all the Symphonies among others. Unlike most of history's great composers, Stravinsky himself was able to conduct and record his own music in stereo, so why not just get those discs? Well you should, but the Ansermet recordings generally offer superior sound and clarity. In fact, Ansermet was Stravinsky's personal choice to conduct the world premieres of many of his recordings, and Ansermet was selected by the composer to introduce the three famous ballets to U.S. audiences. A mathematician prior to his life as a conductor, Ansermet had his critics as he was virtually self-taught, though he did study music as a youth. But that mathematics background served him well in the studio as his early stereo recordings of everything from Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev to Falla and Chausson are engineered to perfection, and often sound better than the recordings by so-called more famous conductors. But don't take my word for it, buy some Ansermet for yourself and see. If you are not prepared to get this Stravinsky Box right away, then ease in with the new Ernest Ansermet "Great Conductors of the Century" compilation (see my review). You won't be disappointed.

Average customer rating:

Stravinsky: Music for Piano Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Tangos | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky: Works for Piano Stravinsky: Music for Two Pianos (Music For Four Hands) Stravinsky: Chamber Works & Rarities György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano (Etudes, Musica Ricercata) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard Stravinsky: Three Greek Ballets (Apollo, Agon, Orpheus) ASIN: B0000037HM Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. Piano-Rag-Music
2. Tango
3. Circus Polka
4. Valse Pour Les Enfants
5. Sonate: I.
6. Sonate: II. Adagietto
7. Sonate: III.
8. Rag Time
9. Quatre Etudes, Op.7: Con Moto
10. Quatre Etudes, Op.7: Allegro Brilliante
11. Quatre Etudes, Op.7: Andantino
12. Quatre Etudes, Op.7: Vivo
13. Scherzo
14. Son in f #: Allegro
15. Son in f #: Vivo
16. Son in f #: Andante
17. Son in f #: Allegro

Tracks:

1. Chant Du Rossignol: La Fete Au Palais De L'empereur De Chine
2. Chant Du Rossignol: Les Deux Rossignols
3. Chant Du Rossignol: Maladie Et Guerison De l'empereur De Chine
4. Ser En La: Hymne
5. Ser En La: Romanza
6. Ser En La: Rondoletto
7. Ser En La: Cadenza Finale
8. L'oiseau De Feu: Danse Infernal Deu Roi Kastchei
9. L'oiseau De Feu: Berceuse
10. L'oiseau De Feu: Finale
11. Syms D'instruments A Vent
12. Trois Movts: Danse Russe
13. Trois Movts: Chez Petrouchaka
14. Trois Movts: La Semaine Grasse

Average customer rating: The Worst Sound Quality On a Disc! This Can't Be a Rahbari Student Conducting Stravinsky Very Similar to the Naxos recording with Alexander Rahbari The Slowest Rendition of The Firebird Yet.

Igor Stravinsky: Le Chant Du Rossignol/The Firebird Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000ANH Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. Le Chant du Rossignol - poeme symphonique
2. The Firebird: Introduction
3. The Firebird - I Tableau: Le jardin enchante de Kastchei
4. The Firebird - I Tableau: Apparition de l'oiseau de feu poursuivi par Ivan Tsarevitch
5. The Firebird - I Tableau: Danse de l'oiseau de feu
6. The Firebird - I Tableau: Capture de l'oiseau de feu par Ivan Tsarevitch
7. The Firebird - I Tableau: Supplications de l'oiseau de feu - Apparition des treize princesses enchantees
8. The Firebird - I Tableau: Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d'or (scherzo)
9. The Firebird - I Tableau: Brusque apparition d'Ivan Tsarevitch
10. The Firebird - I Tableau: Corovod (ronde) des princesses
11. The Firebird - I Tableau: Lever du jour - Ivan Tsarevitch penetre dans le palais de Kastchei
12. The Firebird - I Tableau: Carillon feerique, apparition des monstres-gardiens de Kastchei et capture d'Ivan Tsarevitch - Arrivee de Kastchei l'immortel - Dialogue de Kastchei avec Ivan Tsarevitch - Intercession des princesses
13. The Firebird - I Tableau: Apparition de l'oiseau de feu - Danse de la suite de Kastchei enchantee par l'oiseau de feu
14. The Firebird - I Tableau: Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kastchei
15. The Firebird - I Tableau: Berceuse (L'oiseau de feu) - Reveil de Kastchei - Mort de Kastchei - Profonds tenebres
16. The Firebird - II Tableau: Disparition du palais et des sortileges de Kastchei, animation des chevaliers petrifies, allegresse generale

Customer Reviews:

The Worst Sound Quality On a Disc!.......2003-11-19

No! This is not the greatest Firebird on a disc! The conductor is so unknown, I thought this was a Herbert Von Karajan student or even an Alexander rahbari student conducting but it isn't. This is some guy I've never heard of named Dmitry Kitajenko. Ignore the reviews the other 2 Josh Rappaports wrote. I get bored with the slow pacing. Take either Stravinsky's own recording with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano's recording with the London Symphony Orchestra, or Pierre Boulez's recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This is one sedated recording. The only piece I like here is Le Chant du Rossignol! That's the piece which saves the disc from bad sound quality

This Can't Be a Rahbari Student Conducting Stravinsky.......2003-11-15

Could I be dreaming or is this one of those excellent Firebirds conducted by a non-name-brand person. This Dmitri Kitajanko must've studied with the naxos conductor, Alexander Rahbari when he was a conducting student. His conducting often does reminds me of Alexander Rahbari's conducting. I agree with the other reviewer (the one who has the same name as I do). Like Alexander Rahbari, Dmitri Kitajenko conducts one of the most beautiful Firebirds ever! This is a cut from the rest, even though nobody's ever heard of this conductor, Dmitri Kitajenko and neither has anybody heard of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. This is the only Firebird recording that I'd compare with the Alexander Rahbari recording on the naxos label. Chandos is on the same level as Naxos is here on these Stravinsky recordings. This is what I call the rediscovery of the final piece of music in Fantasia 2000, only even better than that and far more slower (maybe at times even slower than Kitajenko's recording of the 1919 Version of the Firebird Suite at certain places). If anybody wants Stravinsky's The firebird, this recording would be it.

Very Similar to the Naxos recording with Alexander Rahbari.......2003-11-12

Unlike any of the other Stravinsky Firebirds I've heard before, this recording with the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Dmitry Kitajenko could compare to the Naxos recording of the suite from the ballet with the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra and Alexander Rahbari conducting. If I look at the track listing, the Princess Rounds would be clocked to 7:30 minutes, a minute longer than the naxos recording of it which is 6:28 minutes. The introduction is probably close to 4:00 minutes, much longer than the naxos recording:2:57. King Kashchei's Dance would be clocked to 4:46 minutes, twice as much as the naxos recording. The finale is probably 4:10 minutes long, beating the Rahbari recording one minute. That recording is 3:27 minutes long. This recording of the Stravinsky ballet, The Firebird clocks to about 53:45 minutes, I think. Like Alexander Rahbari's recording on the naxos label, this recording is one of the most beautiful Firebird recordings I ever heard. The sound quality is the only thing that is average on this recording, sometimes it's quiet and sometimes it's loud.

The Slowest Rendition of The Firebird Yet........2003-03-16

I do not own this CD nor have I ever heard it, but this one, if I will ever hear it would be a poorly done rendition of both these works: Stravinsky's Le Chant du Rossignol and The Firebird.
All I've heard of this CD is of the timing of The Firebird Dmitry Kitajenko puts the orchestra to close to 53 minutes, though it should be close to 48 to 49 minutes. I still would love to buy this CD someday even if it is a kind-of-poorly done rendition of The firebird. I'd feel it like a rollercoaster if I heard this so-so rendition. I love slow-paced recordings and this one is the one that I'd like to buy if I saw it. I don't really know Le Chant du Rossignol all that well and that's why I'm not writing about that piece.

Average customer rating:

Favorite Stravinsky Ballets Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000071M Release Date: 1997-07-22

Tracks:

1. Petrouchka: First Tableau - The Shrove-Tide Fair
2. Petrouchka: Second Tableau - Petrouchka's Room
3. Petrouchka: Third Tableau - The Moor's Room
4. Petrouchka: Fourth Tableau - The Shrove-Tide Fair (Towards Evening)
5. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: Introduction
6. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: The Augurs Of Spring
7. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of Abduction
8. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: Spring Rounds
9. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of The Rival Tribes
10. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: Procession Of The Sage
11. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: The Sage
12. The Rite Of Spring: Part One - The Adoration Of The Earth: Dance Of The Earth
13. The Rite Of Spring: Tart Two - The Sacrifice: Introduction
14. The Rite Of Spring: Tart Two - The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls
15. The Rite Of Spring: Tart Two - The Sacrifice: Glorification Of The Chosen One
16. The Rite Of Spring: Tart Two - The Sacrifice: Evocation Of The Ancestors
17. The Rite Of Spring: Tart Two - The Sacrifice: Ritual Action Of The Ancestors
18. The Rite Of Spring: Tart Two - The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: The Chosen One

Tracks:

1. The Firebird: Introduction
2. The Firebird: Kashchei's Magic Garden
3. The Firebird: Appearance Of The Firebird, Pursued By Ivan Tsarevitch
4. The Firebird: Dance Of The Firebird
5. The Firebird: Capture Of The Firebird By Ivan Tsarevitch
6. The Firebird: The Firebird's Entreaties - Appearance Of The 13 Enchanted Princesses
7. The Firebird: The Princesses' Game With The Golden Apples (Scherzo) - Sudden Appearance Of Ivan Tsarevitch
8. The Firebird: Princesses' Khorovod (Round Dance)
9. The Firebird: Suprise - Ivan Tsarevitch Enters Kashchei's Palace
10. The Firebird: Magic Carillon, Appearance Of Kashchei's Guardian Monsters And The Capture Of Ivan Tsarevitch - Arrival Of The Immortal Kashchei - Kashchei's Dialogue With Ivan Tsarevitch - Princesses' Intercession - Appearance Of The Firebird
11. The Firebird: Dance Of Kashchei's Enchanted Retinue
12. The Firebird: Infernal Dance Of Kashchei's Subjects
13. The Firebird: Lullaby (The Firebird) - Awakening Of Kashchei - Death Of Kashchei - Deep Darkness
14. The Firebird: Disappearance Of The Palace And Of Kashchei's Spells - Animation Of The Petrified Warriors, General Thanksgiving
15. Song Of The Nightingale: Introduction
16. Song Of The Nightingale: Chinese March
17. Song Of The Nightingale
18. Song Of The Nightingale: Game Of The Mechanical Nightingale

Average customer rating:

Mystery Classics Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hovhaness, Alan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Kodály, Zoltán | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000006UO Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

1. Toccata In D Minor: The Phantom At The Organ
2. Vales Of Dreams: Vale Of Dreams
3. Night Winds
4. The Firebird (Introduction): In The Dark Of Night
5. The Firebird (Dance Of Kashchei's Retinue): The Evil Sorcerer
6. Bagatelle No. 1: Mysterious Encounter
7. Bagatelle No. 4: The Forbidden Garden
8. Contrasts: Agent In Peril
9. Fantasia, Largo: Lost In The Rain Forest
10. Berceuse: The Firebird's Spell
11. Quintet, Op. 39, V: The Intruder
12. Serenade, Op. 12, II: The Deserted Encampment
13. Song Of The Nightingale: The Mysterious Bird
14. Prince Ivan & The Frog Princess: Apparitions
15. Prince Ivan & The Frog Princess: Poltergeists
16. The Snow Queen: Hobgoblins
17. Carol Rosenberger: Ghosts
18. Gargoyles And Chimeras
19. Quartet In F, III: Dark Moon

Average customer rating:

Stravinsky: The Firebird/Song Of The Nightingale Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000006WB Release Date: 1992-12-11

Tracks:

1. The Firebird: Introduction
2. The Firebird: Kashchei's Magic Garden
3. The Firebird: Appearance Of The Firebird
4. The Firebird: Dance Of The Firebird
5. The Firebird: Capture Of The Firebird By Ivan Tsarevitch
6. The Firebird: The Firebird's Entreaties
7. The Firebird: The Princesses' Game With The Golden Apples
8. The Firebird: Princesses' khorovod - Round Dance
9. The Firebird: Sunrise
10. The Firebird: Magic Carillon - Appearance Of Kashchei's Guardian Monsters And The Capture Of Ivan Tsarevitch
11. The Firebird: Dance Of Kashchei's Enchanted Retinue
12. The Firebird: Infernal Dance Of Kashchei's Subjects
13. The Firebird: Lullaby
14. The Firebird: Disappearance Of The Palace And Of Kashchei's Spells - Animation Of The Petrified Warriors - General Thanksgiving
15. Song Of The Nightingale: Introduction
16. Song Of The Nightingale: Chinese March
17. Song Of The Nightingale
18. Song Of The Nightingale: Game Of The Mechanical Nightingale

Track Listings:

1. Tchaikovsky: The Tempest/Hamlet/1812 Overture
2. The Budapest Quartet Collection "Book 2" (1932-1935)
3. Trio Op 40 / Quartet 2 in G Minor Op 45
4. Vivaldi: Concerto for mandolins & strings in G
5. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/2 Concertos
6. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/Sinfonia "Al Santo Sepolcro"/Concerto Op.3
7. Wagner: Wesendonk-Lieder; Vorspiel & Liebestod aus :Tristan und Isolde"
8. White Election (Poems of Emily Dickinson)
9. Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/Concerto RV 562a
10. Arensky & Tchaikovsky: Piano Trios

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Un Voyage En Progressif - Volume Cinq

Chopin: Piano Works - Polonaises No. 6; Impromptus No. 4; Waltzes, Nocturnes - played by Nikita Magaloff, Peter Katin, Iliana Vered, Peter Davis, etc.

Basie Big Band [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Survival Themes [Import]

Dragonfly

Charmed and Dangerous

Conversion

Byzantine Chants

Bluegrass Boy

Abre Paez

BBC Live-One Hundred Punks [Live]

Are You Ready Steve? A Tribute to Sweet

Berlin Nites [Import]

Maria Callas: The Platinum Collection

Maroon