Stravinsky: The Great Ballets -Firebird, Petroushka, Rite of Spring, Apollo- / Bernard Haitink / Igor Markevitch / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra (2 CD) (FLAC)

Stravinsky: The Great Ballets -Firebird, Petroushka, Rite of Spring, Apollo- / Bernard Haitink / Igor Markevitch / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra  

Disc 1


The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) - Ballet (1910)

1 - Introduction      2:46    

2 - Kashchei's enchanted garden      2:08    

3 - Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich      2:28    

4 - Dance of the Firebird      1:26    

5 - Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird      1:05    

6 - Supplication of the Firebird      8:36    

7 - Game of the Princesses with the golden apples      2:27    

8 - Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich      1:18    

9 - Round dance of the Princesses      5:14    

10- Daybreak      1:38    

11- Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei's guardian monsters and capture of Ivan Tsarevich       6:14    

12- Dance of Kashchei's retinue under the spell of the Firebird      0:54    

13- Infernal dance of all Kashchei's subject's       4:40    

14- Lullaby of the Firebird      5:28    

15- Collapse of Kashchei's palace and dissolution of all enchantments - Reanimation of the petrified prisoners - General rejoicing      3:32    


Apollon musagète (1947 version)

16- 1. Birth of Apollo      5:22    

17- 2. Variation of Apolllo (Apollo and the Muses)      2:52    

18- 3. Pas d'action (Apollo and the 3 Muses)      5:22    

19- 4. Variation of Calliope (the Alexandrine)      1:31    

20- 5. Variation of Polyhymnia      1:14    

21- 6. Variation of Terpsichore      1:30    

22- 7. Variation of Apollo      2:39    

23- 8. Pas de deux (Apollo and Terpsichore)      4:23    



Disc 2


Apollon musagète (1947 version)

1 - 9. Coda      3:19    

2 - 10. Apotheosis      3:39    


Petrouchka

3 - Scene 1 The Shrovetide Fair - The Crowds - The Conjuring-Trick      7:02    

4 - Scene 1 Russian Dance      2:37    

5 - Scene 2 Petrouchka's Room      4:26    

6 - Scene 3 The Moor's Room - Dance of the Ballerina      3:37    

7 - Scene 3 Waltz (The Ballerina and the Moor)      3:17    

8 - Scene 4 The Shrovetide Fair - The Wet-Nurses - The Peasant and the Bear - The Merchant and the Gipsies - The Coachmen and the Grooms - The Masqueraders - Petrouchka's Death      13:06    


Le Sacre du Printemps

9 - Part 1 The Adoration of the Earth~1. Introduction      3:35    

10- Part 1 The Adoration of the Earth~2. The Harbingers of Spring, Dance of the Adolescents      3:11    

11- Part 1 The Adoration of the Earth~3. Mock Abduction      1:17    

12- Part 1 The Adoration of the Earth~4. Spring Rounds      3:27    

13- Part 1 The Adoration of the Earth~5. Games of the Rival Tribes      1:50    

14- Part 1 The Adoration of the Earth~6. Procession of the Sage      0:41    

15- Part 1 The Adoration of the Earth~7. Adoration of the Earth (The Sage), Dance of the Earth      1:30    


Le Sacre du Printemps - Part 2: The Sacrifice

16- 1. Introduction      4:26    


Le Sacre du Printemps

17- Part 2: The Sacrifice 2. Mystical Circle of the Adolescents      3:09    

18- Part 2: The Sacrifice 2. 3. Glorification of the Chosen One       1:36    

19- Part 2: The Sacrifice 2. 4. Evocation of the Ancestors      0:52    

20- Part 2: The Sacrifice 2. 5. Ritual of the Ancestors      3:36    

21- Part 2: The Sacrifice 6. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)      4:55 








Erich Gruenberg Violin
Bernard Haitink Conductor 
London Philharmonic Orchestra  
London Symphony Orchestra  
Igor Markevitch Conductor 
Igor Stravinsky Composer 






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