2x CD

The Great Ballets

Compilation by Stravinsky; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch

Released 22 April 1993

Tracklist

CD 1
1
The Firebird: Introduction
Igor Stravinsky
2:46
2
The Firebird: Kashchei’s enchanted garden
Igor Stravinsky
2:08
3
The Firebird: Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
Igor Stravinsky
2:30
4
The Firebird: Dance of the Firebird
Igor Stravinsky
1:26
5
The Firebird: Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird
Igor Stravinsky
1:05
6
The Firebird: Supplication of the Firebird
Igor Stravinsky
8:36
7
The Firebird: Games of the princesses with the golden apples
Igor Stravinsky
2:30
8
The Firebird: Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich
Igor Stravinsky
1:18
9
The Firebird: Round dance of the Princesses
Igor Stravinsky
5:14
10
The Firebird: Daybreak
Igor Stravinsky
1:38
11
The Firebird: Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei’s guardian monsters and capture of Ivan Tsarevich
Igor Stravinsky
6:14
12
The Firebird: Dance of Kashchei’s retinue under the Firebird’s spell
Igor Stravinsky
0:54
13
The Firebird: Infernal dance of all Kashchei’s subjects
Igor Stravinsky
4:40
14
The Firebird: Lullaby of the Firebird
Igor Stravinsky
5:28
15
The Firebird: Collapse of Kashchei’s palace and dissolution of all enchantments / Reanimation of the petrified prisoners / General rejoicing
Igor Stravinsky
3:44
16
Apollon Musagète, Scene 1: (Prologue) Birth of Apollo
Igor Stravinsky
5:22
17
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Variation of Apollo (Apollo and the Muses)
Igor Stravinsky
2:52
18
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Pas d’action (Apollo and the three Muses: Calliope, Polyhymnia and Terpsichore)
Igor Stravinsky
5:22
19
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Variation of Calliope (the Alexandrine)
Igor Stravinsky
1:31
20
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Variation of Polyhymnia
Igor Stravinsky
1:15
21
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Variation of Terpsichore
Igor Stravinsky
1:33
22
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Variation of Apollo
Igor Stravinsky
2:43
23
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Pas de deux (Apollo and Terpsichore)
Igor Stravinsky
4:23
CD 2
1
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Coda (Apollo and the Muses)
Igor Stravinsky
3:20
2
Apollon Musagète, Scene 2: Apotheosis
Igor Stravinsky
3:50
3
Petrushka, Scene 1: The Shrovetide fair / The crowds / The conjuring-trick
Igor Stravinsky
7:02
4
Petrushka, Scene 1: Russian dance
Igor Stravinsky
2:37
5
Petrushka, Scene 2: In Petrouchka’s Booth
Igor Stravinsky
4:27
6
Petrushka, Scene 3: In the Moor's booth / Dance of the Ballerina
Igor Stravinsky
3:37
7
Petrushka, Scene 3: Waltz (The Ballerina and the Moor)
Igor Stravinsky
3:17
8
Petrushka, Scene 4: The Shrovetide fair (evening) / Dance of the wet-nurses / Dance of the peasant and the bear / Dance of the gipsies / Dance of the coachmen and the grooms / The masqueraders / Death of Petrouchka
Igor Stravinsky
13:16
9
The Rite of Spring, Part I “The Adoration of the Earth”: Introduction
Igor Stravinsky
3:35
10
The Rite of Spring, Part I “The Adoration of the Earth”: The harbringers of spring / Dance of the adolescents
Igor Stravinsky
3:11
11
The Rite of Spring, Part I “The Adoration of the Earth”: Mock abduction
Igor Stravinsky
1:17
12
The Rite of Spring, Part I “The Adoration of the Earth”: Spring rounds
Igor Stravinsky
3:27
13
The Rite of Spring, Part I “The Adoration of the Earth”: Games of the rival tribes
Igor Stravinsky
1:50
14
The Rite of Spring, Part I “The Adoration of the Earth”: Procession of the sage
Igor Stravinsky
0:41
15
The Rite of Spring, Part I “The Adoration of the Earth”: Adoration of the earth (The sage) / Dance of the earth
Igor Stravinsky
1:38
16
The Rite of Spring, Part II “The Sacrifice”: Introduction
Igor Stravinsky
4:26
17
The Rite of Spring, Part II “The Sacrifice”: Mystical circle of the adolescents
Igor Stravinsky
3:09
18
The Rite of Spring, Part II “The Sacrifice”: Glorification of the chosen one
Igor Stravinsky
1:36
19
The Rite of Spring, Part II “The Sacrifice”: Evocation of the ancestors
Igor Stravinsky
0:52
20
The Rite of Spring, Part II “The Sacrifice”: Ritual of the ancestors
Igor Stravinsky
3:36
21
The Rite of Spring, Part II “The Sacrifice”: Sacrificial dance (The chosen one)
Igor Stravinsky
4:55