Igor Stravinsky
6) Oedipus Rex
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Physical Desc
1 audio disc (52 min., 40 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Latin
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Music director Michael Tilson Thomas and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony go from the salons of St. Petersburg to the villages where Stravinsky found inspiration in the earthy power of Russian folk music and dance. Thomas then retraces Stravinsky's journey to the cultural crossroads of pre-war Paris, where the composer collaborates with the great impresario Diaghilev and his star dancer Nijinsky to develop the shocking, erotic, and violent...
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (21 pages ; 18 cm)
Language
English
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Firebird: Prince Ivan goes into an enchanted garden where he surprises the firebird and catches her. He agrees to release her in return for a feather and a promise that she will return if he should need help. Twelve princesses come into the garden. The prince's favorite, Tsarevna tells him that they are held captive by Kostcheï. Ivan confronts Kostcheï, who tries to turn him to stone. Using his promise, Ivan has the firebird use her powers to make...
16) Le rossignol
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user guide (6 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
Russian
Description
Getting into his grandfather's pottery workshop at night, a little boy finds an unusually large vase. Fascinated, the child feels the still-warm material, which - whether by a miracle or the hand of a magician, who knows? - at once changes into a magnificent piece of Chinese porcelain. Presently, from behind the great blue-enamelled trees, there appears a fisherman in his sampan....That's how the story of The nightingale, told all in music, begins,...
18) Fantasía 2000
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1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Sumérgete en las maravillas de esta innovadora mezcla de música e imágenes animadas. Ve la música cobrar vida, escucha las imágenes explotar en canciones y comparte la emoción de "Fantasía 2000" con tu familia una y otra vez.
Vivid animation brings the music of the masters to colorful life in this fun-filled movie, picking up where its predecessor, the original Fantasia, left off.