Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet, 1910) / Scriabin: Prometheus- The Poem of Fire ~ Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg / Alexander Toradze

Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet, 1910) / Scriabin: Prometheus- The Poem of Fire ~ Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg / Alexander Toradze

Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet, 1910) / Scriabin: Prometheus- The Poem of Fire ~ Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg / Alexander Toradze
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Composer: Alexander Scriabin
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Orchestra: Kirov Orchestra - St.Petersburg
Performer: Alexander Toradze
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-10-20
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
  1. L'oiseau de feu: Introduction
  2. L'oiseau de feu: Kaschei's Enchanted Garden
  3. L'oiseau de feu: Appearance Of The Firebird Pursued By Ivan Tsarevich
  4. L'oiseau de feu: Dance Of The Firebird
  5. L'oiseau de feu: Ivan Tsarevich Captures The Firebird
  6. L'oiseau de feu: Supplications Of The Firebird
  7. L'oiseau de feu: Game Of The Princesses With The Golden Apples
  8. L'oiseau de feu: Sudden Appearance Of Ivan Tsarevich
  9. L'oiseau de feu: Round Dance Of The princesses
  10. L'oiseau de feu: Daybreak
  11. L'oiseau de feu: Magic Carillon, Appearance Of Kastchei's Guardian Monsters And Capture Of Ivan Tsarevich
  12. L'oiseau de feu: Dance Of Kashchei's Retinue Under The Spell Of The Firebird
  13. L'oiseau de feu: Infernal Dance Of All Kashchei's Subjects
  14. L'oiseau de feu: Lullaby Of The Firebird
  15. L'oiseau de feu: Collapse Of Kashshei's Palace And Dissolution Of All Enchantments - Reanimation Of The Petrified Prisoners - General Rejoicing
  16. Prometheus - The Poem Of Fire

Music reviews of Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet, 1910) / Scriabin: Prometheus- The Poem of Fire ~ Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg / Alexander Toradze

Music Review: A cosmic Poem of Fire
Rating: 5 Stars

Gergiev's Firebird is certainly excellent. But may I mention that another rendition from 1979 by the Wien Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the underrated Cristoph von Dohnányi is at least, on the same level. Both recordings, made with a difference of 19 years, show a very similar understanding of the score and suggest that nobody found a better reading. Both are better for instance, than Ansermet's and the Swiss Romande Orchestra recording. I still prefer von Dohnányi's Firebird and find it the reference to which all other should be compared. Unfortunately, this CD has recently been discontinued (again, the underrated von Dohnányi), but I think it is worth to look for used or new copies, possibly available.

Gergiev's Poem of Fire is astonishing. How could Scriabin go so far at the turn of the twentieth century? How could he go from a Chopinian romantism of his first piano sonatas to Universal texts beyond the impressionism and beyond modernism? To what extent was he influenced by the challenging ideas brought by the emerging modern physics and the new vision of the Universe it disclosed? Is Scriabin an equivalent in music, of the great fathers of modern physics, by pointing to unsuspected new forms? Does he express our deep whishes of Universality? Scriabin seems to have a very optimistic vision of humanity, by telling us that our wishes are achievable. And his music is beautiful. Gergiev/Toradze do a superb work by not interfering in Scriabin's concepts. They just leave the cosmic poem to deploy and appear in its greatness. This is what Scriabin's work calls for. It is a privilege for us, to have available such a masterpiece with such interpretation.
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For raw, pagan splendor and over-the-top excitement, it's impossible to beat Gergiev's account of the complete 1910 Firebird. His Kirov charges attack the piece as if the notes were still fresh on the page, yet play it with smashing virtuosity-- clearly, the score's exorbitant demands pose absolutely no challenge to these musicians. This is not an unrefined reading of the piece, but it is not overly refined either. It is, in short, a Russian Firebird rather than a French one. The Philips recording, made in 1995 in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, is sumptuous and amazingly potent. The coupling with Scriabin's megalomaniacal tone poem is inspired, and makes this disc impossible to resist. --Ted Libbey
One seldom hears Stravinsky's original, complete, 1910 score to Diaghilev's ballet, The Firebird. Here Valery Gergiev leads the Kirov Orchestra in a muscular, well-defined rendering of the work in full. His is a decidedly controlled interpretation. Stretched out in spots to bring out clarity and significance of line, it's pushed along in others to convey urgency and melodic direction. The microphones sound very close, which only heightens the vitality of the overall texture of this interpretation. Though the group is not always precisely together and a few spots are marred by faulty intonation, the spirit and strength of conviction behind this gripping performance more than carry it off. --Gwendolyn Freed

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