L'Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)

Igor Stravinsky

Recordings

Top Choice

Antal Doráti / London Symphony Orchestra

1959 Complete ballet. Fantastic recording quality.

Recommendation for the complete Firebird. Fantastic Mercury sound: vibrancy, color, clarity, presence. Doráti and the LSO are exciting and colorful. As good as it gets.

Label: Mercury Living Presence

Also Worth Hearing

Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra

1935 Just the suite. Dutton remastering, very well recorded for its time.

Just the suite. This is exciting as hell. The 'Infernal Fire Dance' makes you quake in your boots, incredible for 1935. Iconic finale. Really exciting.