Vesna svi͡ashchennai͡a. Frühlingsweihe. Firebird. Oiseau de feu. Feuervogel.
Notes:
Ballets. Compilation of previously released materials (p1960 (CD 1, 1st work), p1967 (CD 1, 2nd work), p1940 (CD 2, 1st work) and p1947 (CD 2, 2nd work)) Compact discs. 1961 essay "Apropos Le sacre du printemps" by Stravinsky, in English with German and French translations, complete track listings, photographs from recording sessions, and reproductions of original album art (47 p.) bound in container. Columbia Symphony Orchestra (CD 1) ; Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (CD 2) ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor. CD 1 recorded Jan. 5-6, 1960, ballroom of the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn (1st work), and Jan. 18, 1967, American Legion Hall, Hollywood (2nd work) ; CD 2 recorded Apr. 29, 1940(1st work), and Jan. 28, 1946 (2nd work), Carnegie Hall, New York City.
Contents:
CD 1. Le sacre du printemps : tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux perties = The rite of spring : scenes from pagan Russia in two parts = Die Frühlingsweihe : Bilder aus dem heidnischen Russland in zwei Teilen (31:32) ; Firebird ballet suite = L'oiseau de feu = Der Feuervogel : revised 1945 version (29:14) -- CD 2. Le sacre du printemps : tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux perties = The rite of spring : scenes from pagan Russia in two parts = Die Frühlingsweihe : Bilder aus dem heidnischen Russland in zwei Teilen (30:43) ; Firebird ballet suite = L'oiseau de feu = Der Feuervogel : revised 1945 version (without pantomimes and transitions) (25:58)
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