Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite
Genre:
Ballet
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This is certainly a golden age collection from Trifonov, and it’s admirable that these two discs are always more about the music than about him...If I were to choose a compendium of Russian... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th November 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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Stravinsky Ballets
RecommendedTeresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, October 2002, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2021, Recommended Recording (complete ballet)
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
Recommended1940 & 1946 Recordings
Philharmonic-Symphony of New York, Igor Stravinsky
Invaluable new transfers of Stravinsky on top form as a conductor. This electrifying performance is the finest of his Rite of Spring recordings, and the 1945 Firebird Suite is gripping. —
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Building a Library, March 2013, First Choice
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
and music by Stravinsky and Prokofiev
Alexander Ullman (piano)
The pianist is marvellous and the programme is attractive. But the brittle, drier-than-dry recorded sound really doesn’t help…He combines sensitivity and agility at the highest level, which... —
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Record Review, 6th April 2019, Disc of the Week
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercomporain, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 13th Awards (1970), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 13th Awards (1970), Best Orchestral Performance
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Tennstedt’s Petrushka has a rugged feel…The orchestra really digs into the score, relishing its earthy, folklike qualities…The 1919 Firebird Suite is – forgive the pun – a slow burn of a performance.... —
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Special offer. Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters
RecommendedThe Mono Recordings
Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
this is a special release because of the importance of these Mercury recordings in the history of symphonic music in America. The majority of the material (22 of the 31 CDs) has never been released... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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31 CDs
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Special offer. Stravinsky: The Firebird & Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe
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Special offer. Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov
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