IGOR STRAWINSKY (1882–1971)
THE FIREBIRD (SUITE)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
ROMEO AND JULIET
(EXCERPTS FROM SUITES NOS. 1 & 2)
MANUEL DE FALLA (1876–1946)
THE THREE-CORNERED HAT
(EXCERPTS FROM SUITE NO. 2)
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Karel Mark Chichon, conductor
Karel Mark Chichon was Principal Conductor
of the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern from 2011
to 2017; the programmes he presented during
his seasons there were celebrated by the public
and lauded by the critics in equal measure. One
magnificent result of this period is the present recording
with works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and
de Falla. All are ballets whose rhythms made an
enormously modern, almost revolutionary effect at
the time; the dancers had quite a lot to learn about
how to coordinate their movements to this music.