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Record Review: Stravinsky's The Firebird in Building a Library with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor

Stravinsky's The Firebird in Building a Library with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Stravinsky's The Firebird in Building a Library with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor

Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird.

In Building a Library, Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. Plus, William Mival with an exciting pile of new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

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William Mival brings an exciting pile of new releases to the studio

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Building a Library

Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet, the Firebird.

The Firebird was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company with a scenario based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner. It was a huge success, launching Stravinsky to international fame. Set in the wicked immortal Koschei's castle, the ballet tells the story of Prince Ivan, who fights Koschei with the help of the magical Firebird.

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Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit
Decca 4144092

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