Robert Craft - Firebird / Petrushka - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This is the first recording of the Complete Original Version of Stravinsky' most popular work, the Firebird. Among the many differences between the present recording and it's predecessors is the restoration of two long, valveless trumpets on stage. Album Tracks 1. Introduction 2. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden 3. The Firebird Enters, Pursued By Ivan Tsarevich 4. The Firebird's Dance 5. Ivan Tsarevich Captures the Firebird 6. The Firebird Begs to Be Released 7. Entrance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses 8. The Princesses Play with the Golden Apples 9. Ivan Tsarevich Appears 10. The Princesses' Khorovod (Round Dance) 11. Daybreak 12. Ivan Tsarevich, Entering Katschei's Palace, Sets Off It's Magic Carillon, Alerting Kastchei's Monster-Guardians, Who Capture Him 13. The Entrance of Kastchei the Immortal 14. Dialogue Between Kastchei and Ivan Tsarevich 15. The Princesses Plead for Mercy 16. The Firebird Enters 17. Dance of Kastchei's Retinue Under the Firebird's Magic Spell 18. Infernal Dance of Kastchei and His Subjects Under the Firebird's Magic Spell 19. The Firebird's Lullaby 20. Kastchei Awakens 21. Kastchei's Death 22. Kastchei's Spell Is Broken, His Palace Disappears, and the Petrified Knights Return to Life. General Thanksgiving. the Marriage and Coronation of Prince Ivan As Tsar and of the Princess of Unearthly Beauty As Tsarina 23. The Shrove-Tide Fair 24. The Mountebank (Flute Solo) 25. Russian Dance 26. In Petrushka's Cell 27. The Blackamoor 28. The Ballerina (Cornet Solo) 29. Ballerina and Blackamoor. Lento Cantabile 30. The Shrove-Tide Fair 31. The Dance of the Wet-Nurse 32. Peasant with Bear (Tuba Solo) 33. Gypsies and a Rake Vendor 34. Dance of the Coachmen 35. Masqueraders 36. The Scuffle Blackamoor and Petrushka 37. Death of Petrushka 38. Police and the Juggler 39. Vocifera