Stravinsky: L'Oiseau De Feu, Petrouchka - Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Jevgenij Mravinskij / Leningrad Masters Audio CD 1995 / LM 1313

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The Firebird (French: L'Oiseau de feu; Russian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated with Alexandre Benois and others on a scenario based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner. The Firebird was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910 and was an immediate success, catapulting Stravinsky to international fame, and leading to future Diaghilev-Stravinsky collaborations like Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).

Tracklist:

L’OISEAU DE FEU: Suite No.2 (1919) from the Ballet “Firebird”

1. Introduction   3.07

2. The Firebird and its Dance   1.34

3. The Princesses’ Khorovod (Round Dance)    4.01

4. Infernal Dance of King Kashchei   4.05

5. Lullaby   4.03

6. Finale   3.02

PETROUCHKA, Burlesque in four Scenes

7. Scene 1: The Shrove-tide Fair - The Crowds - The Charlatan's Booth   3.45

8. Russian Dance   1.35

9. Scene 2: Petrouchka's Room   4.25

10. Scene 3: The Moor's Room - Dance of the Ballerina   9.00

11. Waltz (Ballerina and Moor)   2.43

12. Scene 4: The Shrove-tide Fair (near evening)

      Dance of the Wet Nurses - Dance of the Coachmen and Grooms - The Masqueraders   13.24