Scheherazade, Op 35 (Rimsky-Korsakov)
from Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & The invisible city of Kitezh (SIGCD320)
1 The sea and Sinbad's ship: Largo e maestoso [10'10]
2 The legend of the Kalendar Prince: Lento [12'28]
3 The young Prince and the young Princess: Andantino quasi allegretto [10'10]
4 Festival at Baghdad: Allegro molto [13'08]
45 minutes 56 seconds 4 tracks
'Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s days as one of Mily Balakirev’s ‘Mighty Handful’ (Credo: a more purely Russian art music, as opposed to the Austro-German orthodoxy), resulted in the ebullient, vivid pieces ...
'The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yuri Temirkanov, presents sterling performances of excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov's The Invisible City of Kitezh and Sheherazade' (The Northern Echo)