Igor Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu • Scherzo à la Russe - Bernard Haitink, Berliner Philharmoniker
Igor Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu • Scherzo à la Russe - Bernard Haitink, Berliner Philharmoniker
XLD | FLAC (tracks) | No Log/cue-sheet | Coverart Embedded & High-def JPEG | ~221 Mb
Classical | Philips Digital Classics (1991)
"The Firebird" or "L'Oiseau de feu" is a 1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky and choreographed by Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor. The music was premiered as a ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris on 25 June 1910 conducted by Gabriel Pierné. It was the first of their productions with music specially composed for them.
This recording is of the complete ballet by Haitink with the Berlin Philharmonic. A detailed and neat performance.
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