The Firebird

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & San Francisco Symphony & Esa‐Pekka Salonen

The Firebird is a 1910 ballet score by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. The work blends Russian folk‑inspired motifs with vivid orchestration, inventive rhythms and expanded harmonic language, and it marked a turning point in Stravinsky's early career that helped signal shifts in early twentieth‑century orchestral practice.
First released: 21st June 2024

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Firebird, K010: I. Introduction (1910 version)
    2:54
  2. 2.
    The Firebird, K010: II. Kashchei’s Enchanted Garden (1910 version)
    1:11
  3. 3.
    The Firebird, K010: III. Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich (1910 version)
    2:13
  4. 4.
    The Firebird, K010: IV. Dance of the Firebird (1910 version)
    1:20
  5. 5.
    The Firebird, K010: V. Ivan Tsarevich Captures the Firebird (1910 version)
    0:52
  6. 6.
    The Firebird, K010: VI. Supplication of the Firebird (1910 version)
    6:33
  7. 7.
    The Firebird, K010: VII. Appearance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses (1910 version)
    2:29
  8. 8.
    The Firebird, K010: VIII. Game of the Princesses with the Golden Apples (1910 version)
    2:25
  9. 9.
    The Firebird, K010: IX. Sudden Appearance of Ivan Tsarevich (1910 version)
    1:17
  10. 10.
    The Firebird, K010: X. Khorovod of the Princesses (1910 version)
    5:07
  11. 11.
    The Firebird, K010: XI. Daybreak (1910 version)
    1:29
  12. 12.
    The Firebird, K010: XII. Magic Carillon: Appearance of Kashchei’s Guardian Monsters Capture of Ivan Tsarevich (1910 version)
    1:14
  13. 13.
    The Firebird, K010: XIII. Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal (1910 version)
    1:01
  14. 14.
    The Firebird, K010: XIV. His Dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich (1910 version)
    1:04
  15. 15.
    The Firebird, K010: XV. Intercession of the Princesses (1910 version)
    1:25
  16. 16.
    The Firebird, K010: XVI. Appearance of the Firebird (1910 version)
    0:32
  17. 17.
    The Firebird, K010: XVII. Dance of Kashchei’s Retinue Under the Firebird’s Spell (1910 version)
    0:46
  18. 18.
    The Firebird, K010: XVIII. Infernal Dance of all Kashchei’s Subjects (1910 version)
    4:41
  19. 19.
    The Firebird, K010: XIX. Lullaby (1910 version)
    4:22
  20. 20.
    The Firebird, K010: XX. Kashchei’s Death (1910 version)
    1:50
  21. 21.
    The Firebird, K010: XXI. Disappearance of the Palace and Dissolution of Kashchei’s Enchantments Animation of the Petrified Warriors General Thanksgiving (1910 version)
    3:42

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