The Firebird / Petrushka

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Philharmonia Orchestra & Robert Craft

The Firebird / Petrushka is a pairing of two orchestral works by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, originally composed in 1910 and 1911. Both pieces exemplify early 20th-century modernism, combining colourful orchestration, folk-influenced melodies and rhythmic innovation, and they occupy a pivotal place in Stravinsky's transition from late-Romantic ballet writing towards a more experimental rhythmic and harmonic language.
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  1. 1.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Introduction
    2:32
  2. 2.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Night. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden
    1:40
  3. 3.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Firebird Enters, pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
    2:16
  4. 4.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Firebird's Dance
    1:19
  5. 5.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird
    0:55
  6. 6.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Firebird begs to be Released
    5:27
  7. 7.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Entrance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses
    2:17
  8. 8.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Princesses play with the golden apples (Scherzo)
    2:31
  9. 9.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Ivan Tsarevich appears
    0:58
  10. 10.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Princesses' Khorovod (Round Dance)
    4:36
  11. 11.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Daybreak
    1:27
  12. 12.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Ivan Tsarevich, entering Kastchei's palace, sets off it's Magic Carillon, alertings Kastchei's Monster-Guardians, who capture him
    1:34
  13. 13.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The entrance of Kastchei the Immortal
    1:08
  14. 14.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Dialogue between Kastchei and Ivan Tsarevich
    1:03
  15. 15.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Princesses plead for mercy
    1:04
  16. 16.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Firebird enters
    0:35
  17. 17.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Dance of Kastchei's retinue under the Firebird's magic spell
    0:49
  18. 18.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Infernal Dance of Kastchei and his subjects under the Firebird's magic spell
    4:38
  19. 19.
    The Firebird, Scene I: The Firebird's Lullaby
    2:28
  20. 20.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Kastchei awakens
    1:09
  21. 21.
    The Firebird, Scene I: Kastchei's death
    1:19
  22. 22.
    The Firebird, Scene II: 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
    2:59
  23. 23.
    Petrushka, First Tableau: The Shrove-Tide Fair
    5:08
  24. 24.
    Petrushka, First Tableau: The Mountebank (Flute solo)
    1:48
  25. 25.
    Petrushka, First Tableau: Russian Dance
    2:41
  26. 26.
    Petrushka, Second Tableau: In Petrushka's Cell. [Impetuoso]
    4:23
  27. 27.
    Petrushka, Third Tableau: The Blackamoor
    2:26
  28. 28.
    Petrushka, Third Tableau: The Ballerina (Cornet Solo)
    0:44
  29. 29.
    Petrushka, Third Tableau, Valse: Ballerina and Blackamoor. [Lento cantabile]
    3:12
  30. 30.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: The Shrove-Tide Fair
    1:09
  31. 31.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: The Dance of the Wet-Nurses
    2:33
  32. 32.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: Peasant with Bear (Tuba solo)
    1:23
  33. 33.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: Gypsies and a Rake Vendor
    1:09
  34. 34.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: Dance of the Coachmen
    2:02
  35. 35.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: Masqueraders
    1:34
  36. 36.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau, The Scuffle: Blackamoor and Petrushka
    0:50
  37. 37.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: Death of Petrushka
    0:44
  38. 38.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: Police and the Juggler
    1:12
  39. 39.
    Petrushka, Fourth Tableau: Vociferation of Petrushka's Ghost
    0:51

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