Stravinsky: The Firebird (Original Version) & Petrushka (1947 Version) Philharmonia Orchestra & Robert Craft

• 1 Introduction 02:34
• 2 Scene I: Night. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden 01:40
• 3 Scene I: The Firebird enters, pursued by Ivan Tsarevich 02:16
• 4 Scene I: The Firebird's Dance 01:20
• 5 Scene I: Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird 00:55
• 6 Scene I: The Firebird begs to be released 05:27
• 7 Scene I: Entrance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses 02:17
• 8 Scene I: The Princesses play with the golden apples (Scherzo) 02:31
• 9 Scene I: Ivan Tsarevich appears 00:59
• 10 Scene I: The Princesses' Khorovod (Round Dance) 04:37
• 11 Scene I: Daybreak 01:28
• 12 Scene I: Ivan Tsarevich, entering Kastchei's palace... 01:35
• 13 Scene I: The entrance of Kastchei the Immortal 01:08
• 14 Scene I: Dialogue between Kastchei and Ivan Tsarevich 01:03
• 15 Scene I: The Princesses plead for mercy 01:04
• 16 Scene I: The Firebird enters 00:36
• 17 Scene I: Dance of Kastchei's retinue under the Firebird's magic spell 00:49
• 18 Scene I: Infernal Dance of Kastchei and his subjects under the Firebird's magic spell 04:38
• 19 Scene I: The Firebird's Lullaby 02:29
• 20 Scene I: Kastchei awakens 01:09
• 21 Scene I: Kastchei's death 01:20
• 22 Scene II: Kastchei's spell is broken, his palace disappears, and the Petrified Knights return to life. General Thanksgiving.... 02:55
• 23 Tableau I: The Shrove-Tide Fair 05:12
• 24 Tableau I: The Mountebank 01:49
• 25 Tableau I: Russian Dance 02:42
• 26 Tableau II: In Petrushka's Cell (Impetuoso) 04:24
• 27 Tableau III: The Blackamoor 02:26
• 28 Tableau III: The Ballerina 00:45
• 29 Tableau III: Valse - Ballerina and Blackamoor (Lento cantabile) 03:12
• 30 Tableau IV: The Shrove-Tide Fair 01:09
• 31 Tableau IV: The Dance of the Wet-Nurses 02:33
• 32 Tableau IV: Peasant with Bear 01:23
• 33 Tableau IV: Gypsies and a Rake Vendor 01:10
• 34 Tableau IV: Dance of the Coachmen 02:02
• 35 Tableau IV: Masqueraders 01:35
• 36 Tableau IV: The Scuffle (Blackmoor and Petrushka) 00:51
• 37 Tableau IV: Death of Petrushka 00:44
• 38 Tableau IV: Police and the Juggler 01:13
• 39 Tableau IV: Vociferation of Petrushka's Ghost 00:51
• Total Runtime 01:18:51

Info zu Stravinsky: The Firebird (Original Version) & Petrushka (1947 Version)

This is the first recording of the Complete Original Version of Stravinsky’s most popular work, The Firebird. Among the many differences between the present recording and its predecessors is the restoration of two long, valveless trumpets on stage, each playing a single note standing out above the entire orchestra. This is a thrilling effect in all likelihood heard for the first time since 1910 on this recording. Compared to the lush orchestra of The Firebird, the sonorities of Petrushka may seem brittle but harmonically, rhythmically, and instrumentally the work is innovative on every page, a drama of great power and originality.

'This is a first class issue, quite undeserving of the Bull….!!, and very highly recommended.' (John Phillips, MusicWeb International)

„Vividly recorded and played with fire and warmth by the Philharmonia, Robert Craft’s generous coupling of the complete Firebird and Petrushka ballets makes an outstanding bargain on the Naxos label. The clarity of sound brings out the extra transparency of Petrushka in the revised 1947 scoring, with well-sprung rhythms in the dance movements and with the Russian Dance biting in its impact. The complete Firebird of 1910 is advertised as the first recording of the original version, but the differences with the usual 1910 score amount to no more than the inclusion of two long valveless trumpets on stage playing a single note in places. Nonetheless, Craft inspires a taut performance which holds the structure together, while bringing out the atmospheric beauty of this warmest of Stravinsky’s scores, as in the Khorovod or Round Dance where the Philharmonia brass is vividly caught, not least the horn solo in the final apotheosis, while Katshchei’s Infernal Dance has all the bite and weight you need. Helpfully, there are copious tracks to help identity the narrative, 22 in Firebird and 17 in Petrushka.“ (Penguin Guide)

Philharmonia Orchestra
Robert Craft, conductor

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