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Have both and they are excellent

-peter

    I haven't listened to mine recently, but the long term impression
    I have from them is very good.  "The Firebird" is probably the
    better of the two, but that may be because I slight preferance
    for the music.  For some reason whenever I listen to "Le Sacre
    du Printempts", I have the feeling that it ended to soon.  It
    may be that the other version I have (from "Fantasia") has a
    slightly different ending.
    
    Excerpts from both are one of Telarc's samplers (CD-80102).

    I listen to them this weekend and give a some more information
    next week.
    
    					Alan
    
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    The contents of the that sampler are:
    
Arnaud, Leo:
	Olympic Fanfare
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Bach, J. S.:
	Fantasia & Fugue in G, Fugue
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Beethoven, Ludwig Van:
	"Choral" Fantasy, concl.
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)
	Piano Concerto No. 5, Mvt 3, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)
	Symphony No. 5, Mvt 1, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Bizet, Georges:
	Carmen, "Danse Boheme"
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Britten, Benjamin:
	Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Fugue
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Chopin, Frederic:
	Polonaise in A Flat, Op. 53 "Heroic"
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Gershwin, George:
	Rhapsody in Blue, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Grainger, Percy:
	Irish Tune, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Holst, Gustav:
	Song of the Blacksmith
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Mussorgsky, Modest:
	Pictures at an Exhibition, Hut of Baba Yaga, Great Gate of Kiev
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Orff, Carl:
	Carmina Burana, Ego sum abbas
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Ravel, Maurice:
	Bolero, concl.
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai:
	Capriccio Espagnol; Alborada
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Saint-Saens, Camille:
	Symphony No. 3, Mvt 4, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Stravinsky, Igor:
	Le Sacre du Printemps, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)
	The Firebird Suite, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

Tchaikovsky, Peter I.:
	Overture, "1812", excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)
	Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 3-4, excerpt
		Telarc CD-80102 (C)

	Are there any recordings for these that you can
	recommend over these recordings?  I am trading
	with someone who doesn't have a taste for Stravinsky.

	David

	

   Hmm... My recollection of Fantasia is that the Sacre was severly
    cut (else the movie would be a *lot* longer).
    
    		George

    re: .3
    
    Thoses are the CD recordings of the "Firebird" and "Sacre"
    that I have.  I think there is a recording on London by
    Charles Duroit (sp?) that is probably very good.  I some
    of his other recordings (Respighi, etc) that are very good.
    
    re: .2
    
    I listened to both this weekend that this time I found that
    I prefered the "Sacre" over the "Firebird".  The quality of
    performance and recording is very good on both.  I guess the
    difference is which style of music you happen to be in the
    mood for at the moment.
    
    					Alan
    

    Most of the music in the "Fantasia" soundtrack was considerably
    "edited" from the original scores.  Many "serious" music lovers
    were outraged by this.  One story has it that Stravinsky, on arriving
    for the premier of "Fantasia" was offered a copy of the score. 
    He declined, saying that he's brought his own.  He was then told
    "Well, you won't be able to follow it from that."
    
    I don't know if it's true or not, but it's a good story anyway.

    ...but it happened at a private screening the Disney folks set up
    for Igor before the film was released.
    
    AAA