Stravinsky: The Firebird

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The three main works on offer plus the Prokofiev encore come across with clarity and balance … the performances themselves all show considerable boldness of style … the combination of largeness... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 14th Oct 2016
Catalogue No: LSO5078
Label: LSO Live
Length: 96 minutes

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Excerpt, Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (ballet)

Work length20:07

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London Symphony Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev

I. Introduction - Curtain Rises - First Decoy Game

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II. Second Decoy Game - Third Decoy Game

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III. The Girl Slowly Begins to Dance for the Mandarin - The Chase

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Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119

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London Symphony Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev, Yefim Bronfman

I. Allegretto

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II. Adagio religioso

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III. Allegro vivace

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Stravinsky: The Firebird, KC 10

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London Symphony Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev

I. Introduction - Premier tableau - Le jardin enchanté de Kachtcheï

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II. Apparition de l'oiseau de feu - Danse de l'oiseau de feu - Capture de l'oiseau de feu

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III. Supplications de l'oiseau de feu - Apparition des treize princesses enchantées

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IV. Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d'or - Brusque apparition d'Ivan Tsarévitch

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V. Corovod (Ronde) des princesses - Lever du jour - Ivan Tsarévitch pénètre dans le palais de Kachtcheï

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VI. Carillon féérique - Danse de la suite de Kachtcheï enchantée par l'oiseau de feu

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VII. Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kachtcheï

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VIII. Berceuse (L'oiseau de feu)

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IX. Second tableau - Disparition du palais et des sortilèges de Kachtcheï, animation des chevaliers pétrifiés

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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Suite No. 2 for Orchestra, Op. 64ter: No 1. Montagues and Capulets

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London Symphony Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev

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On 24th October 2015 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Valery Gergiev took to the rostrum for his penultimate concert as Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. An explosive programme of Stravinsky, Bartók and Prokofiev - repertoire that always fires Gergiev’s imagination - this live recording captures a major milestone in the Orchestra’s history.

Stravinsky’s Firebird was an instant hit with audience and critics alike at its 1910 premiere it is a constant in Gergiev’s repertoire.

Piano Concerto No 3 is Bartók’s final work, completed only four days before he succumbed to a long battle with leukaemia. The New York Times found Yefim Bronfman’s interpretation of Piano Concerto No 3 "brilliantly charismatic" and he is an acknowledged master of the great Hungarian’s music, winning a Grammy award for his 2009 recording of all three Bartók Piano Concertos. A story of prostitution and violence, 'The Miraculous Mandarin', performed here in the suite version, is dramatic, mysterious and sinister. Incredibly entertaining, it’s now one of Bartók’s most well-known works and never fails to lure the listener into a deep, dark world of seduction and horror. The LSO’s performance of the work on tour was met with critical acclaim: Closing the album is the encore from the concert, excerpts from Prokofiev’s incredibly popular ballet 'Romeo & Juliet'. That Gergiev chose this work to close his farewell concerts is not surprising, as the music and its composer have special signficance for the conductor and for the LSO. 2016 sees the world mark the 125th anniversary of Prokofiev’s birth and Gergiev has long been a champion of the great Russian’s music. His award-winning recording of the complete score on LSO Live is among the best-selling on the label, winning BBC Music Magazine Best Orchestral recording of 2011.

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February 2017

The three main works on offer plus the Prokofiev encore come across with clarity and balance … the performances themselves all show considerable boldness of style … the combination of largeness of scale and extreme tonal refinement in Yefim Bronfman’s solo Bartok playing is answered with wonderful specificity by conductor and orchestra. It’s a concert well worth recreating at home

Herald Scotland 2nd December 2016

This one’s a cracker, a double-CD, recorded live in New Jersey by New York’s classical radio station, with the LSO on tour and Gergiev flying in repertoire he has made his own.

Stravinsky: The Firebird

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