tracks

The Firebird Suite (Original Version, 1910)
Introduction And Dance Of The Firebird
Adagio (Pas De Deux) - Entreaty Of The Firebird
Scherzo
Rondo (Khorovod)
Allegro - Infernal Dance
I - Adoration Of The Earth
Introduction (Harbingers Of Spring)
Dances Of The Adolescents
Mock Abduction
Spring Rounds
Game Of The Rival Tribes
Dance Of The Earth
II - The Sacrifice
Introduction
Mystical Circles Of The Adolescents
Glorification Of The Victim
Evocation Of The Ancestors
Ritual Of The Ancestors
Sacred Dance - The Victim
First Scene - The Shrovetide Fair
(a) The Crowds
(b) The Mountebank's Booth
(c) The Russian Dance
Second Scene -
Pétrouchka's Room
Third Scene - The Moor's Room
(a) Entrance Of The Ballerina
(b) Waltz
Fourth Scene - Grand Carnival
(a) Dance Of The Nuns
(b) Dance Of The Peasant And Bear
(c) Dance Of The Gipsy Girls
(d) Dance Of The Coachmen
(e) The Masqueraders
(f) Conclusion (Pétrouchka's Death)
Symphony In Three Movements
1st Movement
2nd Movement
3rd Movement

notes

Recorded on the 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th February 1987 at the Town Hall, Watford.
℗ 1987 Wyastone Estate Limited © 1987 Nimbus Records Limited
Published 2003 Wyastone Estate Limited. Manufactured in the UK
Liner notes © Bruce Cole 1987
Cover picture Chagall, Front Curtain for Firebird, 1945
Made in the UK by Nimbus Records
http://www.wyastone.co.uk

Twofer of Igor Stravinsky, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, The London Symphony Orchestra - The Firebird Suite - The Rite of Spring and Stravinsky* - London Symphony Orchestra*, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky - Pétrouchka (1911) / Symphony In Three Movements
Slimline double jewel case with 12-page booklet containing liner notes in English.

The time stamps on the CD labels might indicate that this title is manufactured on demand in small batches, so the time stamp may well be unique for all copies of this album. Information on the wyastone website above seems to bear this out.

credits

Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
Conductor – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Cover, Painting – Marc Chagall
Liner Notes – Bruce Cole (3)
Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
Photography By [Inlay] – Edward Weston

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Wyastone Estate Limited
Copyright (c) – Nimbus Records Limited
Manufactured By – Nimbus Records

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