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The Firebird, Tableau I: The Princesses Plead for Mercy

by Philharmonia Orchestra & Robert Craft · from Stravinsky: The Firebird & Petrushka

2005Classical1:05Track 15

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Review by DeShawn Price★★★★Sample

There's a version of me before this album and one after, and the after one is insufferable about it.

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Review by Mira Okafor★★★½Sample

I respect it more than I love it. “The Firebird, Tableau I: The Princesses Plead for Mercy” is undeniable though.

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1
The Firebird: Introduction
sample avg 3.6
2:32
2
The Firebird, Tableau I: Night. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden
sample avg 3.0
1:40
3
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Firebird Enters, Pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
sample avg 3.5
2:16
4
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Firebird's Dance
sample avg 3.3
1:20
5
The Firebird, Tableau I: Ivan Tsarevich Captures the Firebird
sample avg 3.2
0:55
6
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Firebird Begs to Be Released
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5:28
7
The Firebird, Tableau I: Entrance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses
sample avg 3.6
2:17
8
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Princesses Play With the Golden Apples (Scherzo)
sample avg 3.9
2:32
9
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Princesses Play With the Golden Apples (Scherzo)
sample avg 3.7
0:58
10
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Princesses' Khorovod (Round Dance)
sample avg 3.8
4:37
11
The Firebird, Tableau I: Daybreak
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1:28
12
The Firebird, Tableau I: Ivan Tsarevich, Entering Kastchei's Palace
sample avg 4.0
1:35
13
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Entrance of Kastchei the Immortal
sample avg 3.3
1:08
14
The Firebird, Tableau I: Dialogue Between Kastchei and Ivan Tsarevich
sample avg 4.0
1:03
15
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Princesses Plead for Mercy
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1:05
16
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Firebird Enters
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0:35
17
The Firebird, Tableau I: Dance of Kastchei's Retinue Under the Firebird's Magic Spell
sample avg 3.7
0:51
18
The Firebird, Tableau I: Infernal Dance of Kastchei and His Subjects Under the Firebird's Magic Spell
sample avg 3.5
4:37
19
The Firebird, Tableau I: The Firebird's Lullaby
sample avg 3.9
2:29
20
The Firebird, Tableau I: Kastchei Awakens
sample avg 3.3
1:09
21
The Firebird, Tableau I: Kastchei's Death
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1:21
22
The Firebird, Tableau II: Kastchei's Spell Is Broken, His Palace Disappears, and the Petrified Knights Return to Life
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2:55
23
Petrushka, Tableau I (1947 Version): The Shrove-Tide Fair
sample avg 3.9
5:09
24
Petrushka, Tableau I (1947 Version): The Mountebank
sample avg 3.1
1:49
25
Petrushka, Tableau I (1947 Version): Russian Dance
sample avg 3.6
2:42
26
Petrushka, Tableau II (1947 Version): In Petrushka's Cell [Impetuoso]
sample avg 2.9
4:24
27
Petrushka, Tableau III (1947 Version): The Blackamoor
sample avg 3.8
2:26
28
Petrushka, Tableau III (1947 Version): The Ballerina
sample avg 3.1
0:45
29
Petrushka, Tableau III (1947 Version): Valse. Ballerina and Blackamoor [Lento cantabile]
sample avg 3.4
3:13
30
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): The Shrove-Tide Fair
sample avg 4.1
1:09
31
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): The Dance of the Wet-Nurses
sample avg 3.7
2:34
32
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): Peasant with Bear
sample avg 3.3
1:23
33
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): Gypsies and a Rake Vendor
sample avg 3.8
1:10
34
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): Dance of the Coachmen
sample avg 3.9
2:02
35
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): Masqueraders
sample avg 3.2
1:35
36
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): The Scuffle. Blackmoor and Petrushka
sample avg 3.9
0:51
37
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): Death of Petrushka
sample avg 3.8
0:44
38
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): Police and the Juggler
sample avg 3.8
1:13
39
Petrushka, Tableau IV (1947 Version): Vociferation of Petrushka's Ghost
sample avg 3.5
0:49