Stravinsky first achieved international fame with these works, which were commissioned for – and first performed by – Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. Premiered during an extraordinary period ...

The Boston Symphony opens our week of great American orchestras in concert. From their summer home at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony plays Stravinsky's scintillating Firebird Suite — the 1919 version ...

On June 25 1910, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird opened to acclaim at the Paris Opéra. The success propelled its composer, then aged 28, to international prominence, a position of influence he ...

(Les) Noces, '(The) Wedding' Ensemble Aedes Les Siècles Mathieu Romano, Conductor Boléro Ensemble Aedes Les Siècles Mathieu Romano, Conductor This account of Les noces marks the recording debut of the ...

Igor Stravinsky’s fortunes had not kept pace with his fame. In the 37 years since he had written it, The Firebird had made a lot of money, but not for him. For one thing, as a Russian emigre, his ...

As you listen to the assured, complex ballet music Igor Stravinsky wrote for The Firebird, it’s impressive to think that the composer was only twenty-seven when he created it. While Stravinsky was ...

Between 1910 and 1913, Stravinsky's harmonic language changed beyond recognition. His main works from this short period, The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring, sound so different from each ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5530715/5530720" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The ...

(The) Faun and Shepherdess London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Scherzo fantastique London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Chant Funèbre (Funeral Song) London ...

The Royal Concertgebouw may be one of the world's greatest orchestras, but it deserves few prizes for adventurousness for the works released on its own label. The repertoire of its current chief ...