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Les Ballets Russes L E S B A L L E T S RUSSES VOL.10 Igor Stravinsky L’oiseau de feu Apollon musagète SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg Zoltán Peskó Gérard Korsten IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971) L’oiseau de feu | Der Feuervogel | The Firebird * 46:20 bo Carillon Féerique, apparition des monstres-gardiens de Kachtcheï et capture Conte dansée en deux tableaux | Märchen-Ballet in zwei Bildern | d’Ivan Tsarévitch | Zauber-Glockenspiel, Erscheinen der Ungeheuer Kaschtscheis Fairy-tale ballet in two tableaux und Gefangennahme des Iwan Zarewitsch | Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei’s guardian monsters and the capture of Ivan-Tsarevich 1:24 1 Introduction 2:29 bp Apparition de Kachtcheï | Ankunft Kaschtscheis | Appearance of Kashchei 1:12 Premier Tableau | Erstes Bild | First Tableau bq Dialogue de Kachtcheï avec Ivan Tsarevitch | Zwiegespräch Kaschtscheis mit 2 Iwan Zarewitsch | Kashchei’s dialogue with Ivan-Tsarevich 1:15 Le jardin enchanté de Kachtcheï | Kaschtscheis Zaubergarten | br Kashchei’s magic garden 1:52 Intercession des princesses | Fürsprache der Prinzessinnen | Intercession of 3 the princesses 1:02 Apparition de l’Oiseau de feu, poursuivi par Ivan Tsarévitch | Der Feuervogel bs erscheint, verfolgt von Iwan Zarewitsch | Appearance of the Firebird, Apparition de l’Oiseau de feu | Erscheinen des Feuervogels | Appearance of the Firebird 0:35 pursued by Ivan-Tsarevich 2:15 bt 4 Danse de l’Oiseau de feu | Tanz des Feuervogels | Dance of the Firebird 1:21 Danse de la suite de Kachtcheï | Tanz der Gefolgschaft Kaschtscheis | 5 Dance of Kashchei’s retinue 0:47 Capture de l’Oiseau de feu par Ivan Tsarévitch | Iwan Zarewitsch nimmt den bu Feuervogel gefangen | Ivan-Tsarevich captures the Firebird 0:57 Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kachtcheï | Höllentanz aller Untertanen Kaschtscheis | Infernal Dance of all Kashchei’s subjects 4:50 6 Supplications de l’Oiseau de feu | Des Feuervogels Flehen | cl Berceuse | Wiegenlied | Lullyby 2:51 The Firebird’s entreaties 5:47 cm 7 Apparition des treize princesses enchantées | Erscheinen der 13 verzauberten Réveil de Kachtcheï | Kaschtschei erwacht | Kashchei wakes up 1:09 Prinzessinnen | Appearance of the 13 enchanted princesses 2:21 cn Mort de Kachtcheï | Kaschtscheis Tod | Death of Kashchei 0:06 8 Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d’or | Spiel der Prinzessinnen mit den co Profondes ténèbres | Tiefe Dunkelheit | Deep Darkness 1:20 goldenen Äpfeln | The princesses’ game with the golden apples 2:27 Second Tableau | Zweites Bild | Second Tableau 9 Brusque apparition d’Ivan Tsarévitch | Plötzliches Erscheinen des Iwan Zarewitsch | Sudeen appearance of Ivan-Tsarevich 1:33 cp Disparition du palais et des sortilèges de Kachtcheï, animation des bl Ronde des princesses | Reigen der Prinzessinnen | The princesses’ round dance 4:08 chavaliers pétrifiès, allégresse générale | Kaschtscheis Reich verschwindet, Wiederbelebung der versteinerten Ritter, allgemeine Freude | bm Lever du jour | Tagesanbruch | Daybreak 1:26 bn Disappearance of the palace and dissolution of Kaschchei’s enchantments, Ivan Tsarévitch pénètre dans la palais de Kachtcheï | Iwan Zarewitsch dringt animation of the petrified knights; general rejoicing 3:09 in den Palast Kaschtscheis | Ivan-Tsarevich enters Kashchei’s palace 0:04 2 3 Verehrte Ballettfreunde und Musikliebhaber! Apollon musagète ° 29:34 Ballet in deux tableaux | Ballet in zwei Bildern | Ballet in two acts Als ich die erste CD dieser Reihe in meine Malern wie Alexandre Benois, Léon Bakst, Hände bekam, war ich mehr als nur erfreut Konstantin Korovin, Alexander Golowin, dem Premier tableau (prologue) | Erstes Bild | First Tableau über den Beginn dieser Ausgabe, die schon Kritiker Walter Nouvel sowie den Komponis- lange ein Desiderat sowohl der Tanz- als auch ten Nikolai Tscherepnin und später Igor Stra- cq Naissance d’Apollon 4:47 der Musikwissenschaft darstellt, aber sicher winsky. Wegweisend war das Erlebnis einer auch einen Wunsch vieler Liebhaber der Bal- Vorstellung von Lohengrin auf einer seiner Eu- Second Tableau | Zweites Bild | Second Tableau lettmusik erfüllt. Das Verdienst von Serge de ropareisen, das Konzept des Gesamtkunst- Diaghilev, die Revolution des europäischen werks hinterließ bleibenden Eindruck. Diaghi- cr Variation d’Apollon (Apollon et les Muses) 2:35 cs Balletts durch die Ballets Russes, gründet ge- lev selbst hinterließ wiederum als Dramaturg Pas d’action. Apollon et les trois Muses: Calliope, Polymnie et Terpsichore 4:34 rade auch auf der Musik, die ihm von früh an Eindruck am Kaiserlichen Theater mit der Her- ct Variation de Calliope 1:23 von großer Bedeutung und Wichtigkeit war. ausgabe der dortigen Jahrbücher, die er zu Als 18-Jähriger ging er 1890 nach St. Peters- Kunstbüchern entwickelte, der dann seine cu Variation de Polymnie 1:16 dl burg, um am dortigen Konservatorium Ge- Aufsicht über die Neueinstudierung des Bal- Variation de Terpsichore 1:32 sang und Komposition zu studieren – wo er letts Sylvia folgte. Sein aufstrebendes und si- dm Variation d’Apollon 2:26 allerdings abgewiesen wurde. Es folgte ein cher zielgerichtetes Talent rief Gegner in die- kurzes Intermezzo an der juristischen Fakul- sem Traditionshaus auf den Plan, die ihn nur dn Pas de deux (Apollon et Terpsichore) 3:17 tät, dann gab er das Studium auf, um Privat- mit einer Intrige stoppen konnten. Sein Ver- do DEUTSCH Coda (Apollon et les Muses) 3:16 unterricht bei Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov zu trag wurde zurückgezogen, und so endete dp Apothéose 4:06 nehmen. Dieser hielt den anhaltenden jede weitere Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kai- Wunsch Diaghilevs, doch noch zum Kompo- serlichen Theater. Diesem Eklat verdanken wir, nisten zu avancieren, für schlichtweg absurd! dass sich Diaghilev dem Ausland zuwandte. Total Time: 76:06 Die erfolgreiche Ausstellung russischer histo- Doch die Kunstkreise der Hauptstadt waren rischer Portraits im Taurischen Palais im ers- die Welt Diaghilevs. Er wandte sich der mo- ten Revolutionsjahr 1905 war Anstoß für die * Dirigent: Zoltán Peskó | ° Dirigent: Gérard Korsten dernen russischen Kunst zu, organisierte 1897 im Folgejahr stattfindende Ausstellung im eine erste von mehreren Ausstellungen, es Salon d’Automne in Paris. 1907 folgte der folgte die aufwändig gestaltete Kunstzeit- Kunst die Musik, ein Konzert mit den besten schrift Mir Isskustva, in der er sich erstmals russischen Solisten, 1908 das erste Opern- nachdrücklich für den Austausch zwischen gastspiel mit Boris Godunow von Modest Russland und den westlichen Ländern ein- Mussorgsky mit Fjodor Schaljapin in der setzte. Zunehmend wurde Diaghilev der Mit- Hauptrolle. telpunkt eines Künstlerkreises bestehend aus 4 5 Am 19. Mai 1909 war es dann so weit, die Bal- Zu Handlung, Bühne und um Iwan Zarewitsch, der die schöne Zarewna lets Russes eroberten aus dem Théâtre du nebst weiterer Prinzessinnen aus dem Reich Châtelet erst Frankreich, dann die westliche Kostümen des bösen Kaschtschei befreit. Dies gelingt Welt. Der nie vorher gekannte Zusammen- Müsste man aus den Werken der Ballets Rus- ihm mit Hilfe des Feuervogels, einem wunder- klang aus Bühnenbild, Choreographie und ses – oder der Ballettgeschichte überhaupt – samen Wesen, das Iwan zu Beginn des Bal- Musik revolutionierte die Kunst des Balletts. einschneidende Wegmarken nennen, L’oiseau letts gefangen, dann aber aus Mitleid wieder de feu und Apollon musagète gehörten sicher- freigelassen hat. Als Kaschtschei mit seinen Die Bedeutung der Musiken kann aber hierbei lich dazu. In den Jahren 1910 bzw. 1928 ent- dunklen Gestalten auftaucht, fliegt der Vogel gar nicht hoch genug eingeschätzt werden. standen, überspannen sie beinahe die gesam- herbei und dankt Iwan seine Barmherzigkeit, Wir wissen nicht nur aus Augenzeugenberich- te Lebensdauer der legendären Ballets Russes, indem er die Monster in den Schlaf singt, ten, welche Sensation die Werke Rimsky-Kor- die von 1909 bis 1929 zunächst in Paris und während der Prinz das Ei zerbricht, das Kasch- sakovs, Tscherepnins, Strawinskys oder Ravels später in Europa und Amerika mit avantgar- tscheis Unsterblichkeit repräsentiert. Das in Paris hervorriefen. Besonders in den Rezen- distischem Ballett für Furore sorgten. Zu- dunkle Reich geht unter und das Werk mündet sionen, ob in Europa oder auch in Amerika, gleich ist L’oiseau de feu die erste Komposition in den zweiten Aufzug, eine stilisierte Hoch- DEUTSCH wird der Musik ein so wesentlicher Stellen- des jungen Igor Strawinsky für jene Truppe, zeit von Zarewitsch und Zarewna, die an die wert zugemessen, wie wir ihn heute in den über die er später bei der Arbeit an Apollon russische, den Zarismus verherrlichende Bal- Kritiken, ob Tages- oder Fachpresse, nicht musagète den Choreographen George Balan- letttradition des 19. Jahrhunderts anschließt. mehr finden. Für mich als Choreograph ist das chine kennenlernen sollte. Zwischen Stra- unverständlich. Was auch immer Diaghilev winsky und Balanchine entwickelte sich eine Der Choreograph von L’oiseau de feu, Michail vollbrachte, zum Ballett kam er nur dank jahrzehntelange Herzens- und Arbeitsfreund- Fokin, ein Zögling der zaristischen Ballett- DEUTSCH seiner Neigung zur Musik. Bei allen Rekon- schaft, die ohne jede Übertreibung ein schule und Tänzer des Mariinski-Theaters, struktionen, Bühnenimpressionen oder den Glücksfall für die Ballettgeschichte zu nennen galt als Reformer seiner Kunst im Sinne einer zahlreichen Interpretationen der damaligen ist. Wären jene beiden Werke nicht entstan- stilistischen Einheit von Libretto, Tanz, Musik Choreographien wird aus der Ära der Ballets den, sähe das Ballett des 20. und
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