TCHAIKOVSKY & STRAVINSKY OZAWA
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete original version, 1910)
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
TCHAIKOVSKY & STRAVINSKY OZAWA; Track List
DISC 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 3
- Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima
- Andantino in modo di canzona
- Pizzicato ostinato – Allegro
- Allegro con fuoco
DISC 2
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Firebird (complete original version, 1910)
- Introduction
First Tableau
- Kashchei{s Enchanted Garden
- Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
- Dance of the Firebird
- Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird
- Supplication of the Firebird
- Appearance of thirteen enchanted princesses
- The princesses’ game with the golden apples (Scherzo)
- Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich
- The princesses’ Khorovod (Round Dance)
- Daybreak
- Ivan Tsarevich enters Kashchei’s Palace
- Magic carillon, Appearance of Kashchei’s Guardian Monsters, Capture of Ivan Tsarevich
- Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal
- Kashchei’s dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich
- Intercession of the princesses
- Appearance of the Firebird
- Dance of Kashchei’s retinue under the Firebird’s spell
- Infernal dance of all of Kashchei’s subjects
- Lullaby (The Firebird)
- Kashchei’s awakening
- Kashchei’s death
- Complete darkness
Second Tableau
- Disappearance of the palace and the Dissolution of Kashchei’s Enchantments, Animation of the Petrified Warriors, General Thanksgiving
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Producers:
[Tchaikovsky] David Mottley
[Stravinsky] Suvi Raj Grubb
Balance Engineer: Paul Vavasseur
Recorded at:
[Tchaikovsky] Salle Wagram, Paris, on October 22 & 23, 1970
[Stravinsky] Salle Wagram, Paris, on April 22, 24, 28 & 29, 1972
Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Tohno (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
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