Firebird

Release Date:06/30/2015;Notes:Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing includes liner notes. Antal Dorati conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in an unrivaled 1960 Mercury Living Presence series recording of Igor Stravinsky's ballet and orchestral concert work The Firebird at the Watford Town Hall, London.Part of the Mercury Living Presence vinyl series, The Firebird was recorded on 7 June 1959 on half-inch 3-track tape, in Watford Town Hall, outside London, using three Telefunken 201 microphones. This LP was cut at Abbey Road Studios from Wilma Cozart Fine's 3-2 mixdown of first-generation 3-track 1/2" tape.;Track List:1. 1. Fireworks (Feu D'artifice) Fantasy for Orchestra Op. 4;2. 2. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Introduction;3. 3. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. the Enchanted Garden of Kastchei;4. 4. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Appearance of the Firebird Pursued By Prince Ivan;5. 5. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Dance of the Firebird;6. 6. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Capture of the Firebird By Prince Ivan;7. 7. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Supplication of the Firebird;8. 8. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Appearance of the Enchanted Princesses;9. 9. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. the Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples (Scherzo);10. 10. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Sudden Appearance of Prince Ivan;11. 11. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Khorovod (Round Dance) of the Princesses;12. 12. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Daybreak;13. 13. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Magic Carillon Appearance of Kastchei's Monster Guardia;14. 14. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Arrival of Kastchei the Immortal;15. 15. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Dialogue of Kastchei and Prince Ivan;16. 16. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Intercession of the Princesses;17. 17. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Appearance of the Firebird;18. 18. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Dance of Kastchei's Retinue Enchanted By the Firebird;19. 19. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Infernal Dance of All Kastchei's Subjects;20. 20. L'oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) Ballet in 2 Scenes for Orchestra: Tableau 1. Lullaby (Firebird)