Production: Hanno Rinke
Recording Supervision & Balance Engineer: Helmut Burk
Recorded at Großer Saal, Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld, on July 22-26, 1987
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete original version, 1910)
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
DISC 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 3
Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima
Andantino in modo di canzona
Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato – Allegro
Finale. Allegro con fuoco
DISC 2
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Firebird (complete original version, 1910)
Introduction
First Tableau
Kashchei{s Enchanted Garden
Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
Dance of the Firebird
Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird
Supplication of the Firebird
Appearance of thirteen enchanted princesses
The princesses’ game with the golden apples (Scherzo)
Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich
The princesses’ Khorovod (Round Dance)
Daybreak
Ivan Tsarevich enters Kashchei’s Palace
Magic carillon, Appearance of Kashchei’s Guardian Monsters, Capture of Ivan Tsarevich
Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal
Kashchei’s dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich
Intercession of the princesses
Appearance of the Firebird
Dance of Kashchei's retinue under the Firebird’s spell
Infernal dance of all of Kashchei’s subjects
Lullaby (The Firebird)
Kashchei’s awakening
Kashchei’s death
Complete darkness
Second Tableau
Disappearance of the palace and the Dissolution of Kashchei's Enchantments, Animation of the Petrified Warriors, General Thanksgiving
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Producers:
[Tchaikovsky] David Mottley
[Stravinsky] Suvi Raj Grubb
Balance Engineer: Paul Vavasseur
Recorded at:
[Tchaikovsky] Salle Wagram, Paris, on October 22 & 23, 1970
[Stravinsky] Salle Wagram, Paris, on April 22, 24, 28 & 29, 1972
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