The rite of Spring ; The firebird / Igor Stravinsky.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Contributor:

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, conductor.

Orchestre des Concerts Straram, performer.

Standardized Title:

Vesna svi͡ashchennai͡a

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballets.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

The rite of spring.

The firebird.

Place of Publication:

[E. Sussex, England] : Pearl, [1989]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Participant:

Orchestre Symphonique (of Paris) [i.e. Orchestre des Concerts Straram -- Cf. program notes] ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor.

Notes:

The 2nd work a suite from the ballet, containing all eight parts of the 1919 version, but the 1st-4th parts retaining the fuller orchestration of the 1912 version; (the 5th-6th parts performed in the reduced orchestration of 1919).

1st work recorded in Paris, May 7-10, 1929; 2nd work in Paris, November 8-10, 1928.

Durations: 14:38 (pt. 1); 16:40 (pt. 2); 35:54.

Compact disc.

Analog recording.

Originally issued on 78 rpm discs (details in program notes).

Program notes in English, including an English translation of notes on Rite of spring which appeared "under Stravinsky's name" (although he later denied authorship) in the May 23, 1913 issue of Montjoie, and considerable information on the original recordings ([12] p.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit͡sa. Suite.

OCLC:

22878575

Publisher Number:

015903933428

Pearl GEMM CD 9334