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Artist: Igor Stravinsky
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Year: 1910
Ballet suite inspired by old Russian fairy tale The Firebird. Commissioned by choreographer Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes and created in the Opéra de Paris (1910). Its success landed Stravinsky two follow-up commissions: Petrouchka (1911) and Le Sacre du printemps (1913). In 1919 Stravinsky revised his Firebird Suite, so most recordings are based on that later version.
Covers:
Igor Stravinsky [for Columbia; later recordings in 1961 and 1967]
George Balanchine & New York City Ballet [costumes and stage decorations by Marc Chagall]
Mothers Of Invention [in Amnesia Vivace from Absolutely Free, along with elements from Stravinsky's Le Sacre]
Yes [live in The Gates Of Delirium]
Manfred Mann's Earth Band [in Starbird]
Robert Craft [first recording of the original Suite from 1910 with l'Orchestre Philharmonia (Koch/Naxos)]
Beastie Boys [sample in Electrify]
Part of the Suite is used in Disney animation film Fantasia 2000, where the original Fantasia (1940) only used elements from Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)