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Interesting, I had not thought of the Firebird - I don't have the music, but it does sound extremely difficult. Oh, and all I meant by gigantic orchestration is that it calls for a large orchestra - I should have just said 'large orchestra'. Daphnis really has the same orchestration as Firebird, except Daphnis also has a wind machine and a wordless chorus.
But I would have to say that technically, the complete Firebird ballet is harder than the Firebird Suite. I really much prefer to listen to the whole ballet (which is quite long) than the suite, I can get so much more enjoyment from it - plus the ballet has all of the music from the suite and a lot more that is also difficult.
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