The Fire-Bird - Part 3 / Part 4

Parts 1 & 2 of the Firebird Suite issued on Victrola 6493 "The Fire-Bird - Part 1 / Part 2." Side A (matrix & take number C-30994- 2) recorded October 13, 1924 (takes 1-2 recorded on this date). Side B (matrix & take number C-30995- 3) recorded December 8, 1924 (take 1 recorded Oct. 13; takes 2-4 recorded Dec. 8). (For takes 3-4 of matrix C-30994 & take 5 of C-30995 see Victor 6773/74 in album M-53.) The Firebird Suite of perhaps 22-23 minutes before acoustic cuts would often be recorded on five or six 78 RPM sides by others, but Stokowski was able to fit it onto 4 acoustic sides. The first reason was the rapid playing of this recording. Second was the very large cut (more than 1 minute) of the repeating progression at the conclusion of the Suite. Usually, this repeating progression would lead up to the crescendo of the finale, but it is totally cut from Stokowski's recording, now reduced to slightly more than 16 minutes long. This was also released on: 78s: Gramophone 4-0647, 4-0648, 4-0649, 4-0650 (12 inch/30 cm single-sided). HMV DB-841/842 (12 inch/30 cm double-sided). CDs: Pristine Classical PASC192. Stokowski also recorded Firebird with Philadelphia again in: 1927 recording and 1935 recording.