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ESOTERIC ESSW-90281-82 – TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY No.4 & STRAVINSKY THE FIREBIRD
Genre: Symphony/Orchestral music
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Product ID: ESSW-90281/82 (Two Discs)
Classical masterpiece collection
The reissue of classical music masterpieces by ESOTERIC has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound, and for using hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since
their initial release.
These new audio versions feature ESOTERIC’s proprietary re-mastering process to achieve the highest level of sound quality.
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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete original version, 1910)
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Track list
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 3
- Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima
- Andantino in modo di canzona
- Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato – Allegro
- Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Firebird (complete original version, 1910)
- Introduction
First Tableau
- Kashchei{s Enchanted Garden
- Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
- Dance of the Firebird
- Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird
- Supplication of the Firebird
- Appearance of thirteen enchanted princesses
- The princesses’ game with the golden apples (Scherzo)
- Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich
- The princesses’ Khorovod (Round Dance)
- Daybreak
- Ivan Tsarevich enters Kashchei’s Palace
- Magic carillon, Appearance of Kashchei’s Guardian Monsters, Capture of Ivan Tsarevich
- Arrival of Kashchei the Immortal
- Kashchei’s dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich
- Intercession of the princesses
- Appearance of the Firebird
- Dance of Kashchei’s retinue under the Firebird’s spell
- Infernal dance of all of Kashchei’s subjects
- Lullaby (The Firebird)
- Kashchei’s awakening
- Kashchei’s death
- Complete darkness
Second Tableau
- Disappearance of the palace and the Dissolution of Kashchei’s Enchantments, Animation of the Petrified Warriors, General Thanksgiving
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Producers:
[Tchaikovsky] David Mottley
[Stravinsky] Suvi Raj Grubb
Balance Engineer: Paul Vavasseur
Recorded at:
[Tchaikovsky] Salle Wagram, Paris, on October 22 & 23, 1970
[Stravinsky] Salle Wagram, Paris, on April 22, 24, 28 & 29, 1972
Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Tohno (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)