Orchestral, Rimsky Korsakov (composer)
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[the Nielsen] merits the supreme artistry that Shraon Bezaly brings to it, both in terms of deft, discerningly harnessed virtuosity and in her supple, sinuous shaping of the music. Neeme Jarvi... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Special offer. 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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[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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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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Special offer. Rimsky & Co Originals
Russian Music for Military Band
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy & Soloists of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Arjan Tien
The Dutch brass are on dazzling form throughout, with some superb cameo appearances from the principals of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Rimsky Korsakov’s concertos for trombone, clarinet... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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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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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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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade and works by Saint-Saëns:
Mischel Cherniavsky (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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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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Baïka
Nemanja Radulovic (violin), Stephanie Fontanarosa (piano), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Laure Favre-Kahn (piano)
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel
A fiery whirlwind of an album from the virtuosic Franco-Serbian violinist: the Khachaturian violin Concerto and new takes on Scheherazade are fabulous showpieces. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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