Igor Strawinsky:
The Firebird (Suite)

Sergei Prokofiev:
Romeo & Juliet (Excerpts from Suites Nos. 1 & 2)

Manuel de Falla:
The Three-Cornered Hat (Excerpts from Suite No. 2)

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 magnifi cent result of this period is the present recording with works by Stravinsky, Prokofi ev 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.