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The album by the Sinfonieorchester Basel features the 2nd of Igor Stravinsky's great ballets. After Le Sacre du printemps, the orchestra recorded L'Oiseau de feu. All of the three ballets will be presented in the version for orchestra as well as in the version for piano four hands. Unlike for Sacre and Pétrouchka, for L'Oiseau de feu there is no piano arrangement for four hands by Stravinsky himself. Dennis Russell Davies, Principal Conductor of the Sinfonieorchester Basel and pianist has therefore arranged a version for piano four hands - exclusively for this production. The new arrangement is based on the original piano arrangement for two hands by Stravinsky, which is kept in the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel. Dennis Russell Davies has recorded the arrangement together with his wife Maki Namekawa. The piano version opens up new perspectives on the orchestra version of L'Oiseau de feu and underlines the compositional value of Stravinsky's creation. Album Tracks 1. Introduction - Sinfonieorchester Basel 2. Apparition de L'oiseau de Feu - Sinfonieorchester Basel 3. Danse de L'oiseau de Feu - Sinfonieorchester Basel 4. Capture de L'oiseau de Feu - Sinfonieorchester Basel 5. Supplications de L'oiseau de Feu - Sinfonieorchester Basel 6. Apparation Des Treize Princesses Enchantées - Sinfonieorchester Basel 7. Jeu de Princesses - Sinfonieorchester Basel 8. Brusque Apparition - Sinfonieorchester Basel 9. Corovod Des Princesses - Sinfonieorchester Basel 10. Lever Du Jour - Sinfonieorchester Basel 11. Ivan Tsarévitch Pénétre Dans la Palais - Sinfonieorchester Basel 12. Carillon Féerique - Sinfonieorchester Basel 13. Arivée de Kastchei L'immortel - Sinfonieorchester Basel 14. Dialogue de Kastchei Avec Ivan Tsarévitch - Sinfonieorchester Basel 15. Intercession Des Princesses - Sinfonieorchester Basel 16. Apparition de L'oiseau de Feu - Sinf
