from Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & The invisible city of Kitezh (SIGCD320) 1 The sea and Sinbad's ship: Largo e maestoso [10'10] 45 minutes 56 seconds 4 tracks2 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] '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) |