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Special offer. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
RecommendedBorusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel
[Scheherazade] is a work that well demonstrates the orchestra's virtues, which include not only a fine set of principals who have their individual voices in the brighly hued scoring but an overall... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Special offer. Stravinsky: The Firebird & Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko’s preference for slow tempos over flexible drama might make for fidgety audiences in the concert hall…It just about works on CD, and then all hell’s let loose in perfectly-balanced... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th December 2018
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…Tsar's Bride… thrills with the riding rhythms of Ivan's rapacious followers, the oprichniki; Sinaisky takes it at a spacious but still exciting pace. The gentler but richly-hued aspects of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Disc of the month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Fritz Reiner conducts Rimsky Korsakov & Stravinsky
RecommendedChicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Reiner's magnificent (1956) Scheherazade stands out among the many superb RCA recordings made in Chicago in the 1950s...Sidney Harth, the orchestral leader, naturally balanced, plays most seductively...The... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building A Library, October 2023, Also Recommended - Scheherazade
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Make no mistake, Romaniw is a great talent. The plush richness of her soprano is astonishing...Romaniw taps into the melancholy of the Russian songs especially well…The selection from Janáček’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
RecommendedRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Igor Markevitch
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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Ravel: L'enfant et les Sortileges & L'heure Espagnole
RecommendedBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la RTF, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
The singing is delightful: neoclassical crispness of articulation goes with refined textures that convey the ripe humour of the one piece, the tender poetry of the other.The inclusion of [the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Remastered CD
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, September 2018, Also Recommended
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New. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade and works by Saint-Saëns:
Mischel Cherniavsky (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Mythes is all heightened sensuality and warmth, its heady atmosphere evoked through playing of extraordinary colour, detail and dexterity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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