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Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherazade, Op. 35
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Orchestral » Symphonic Poems
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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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[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. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
they bring to it all the colour and drama you’d expect. The Warner recording is rich and detailed. The Santa Cecilia brass sound is suitably fierce in the imposing opening chords, representing... —
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherazade & Russian Easter Festival Overture
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
What results from these insights is a Scheherazade that makes even some famous rivals seem lazy and careless. Here we get finesse and detailed music-making that brings delight back to a score... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th June 2020
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Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters
RecommendedThe Mono Recordings
Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
this is a special release because of the importance of these Mercury recordings in the history of symphonic music in America. The majority of the material (22 of the 31 CDs) has never been released... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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31 CDs
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique
Jaap van Zweden (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scenes from The Invisible City of Kitezh & Sheherazade
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
this Scheherazade is absolutely marvellous, one of the best available. If you think you have heard the score so often that it has become jaded, this is a recording to make you think again. —
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Special offer. Mussorgsky & Rimsky Korsakov: Orchestral Works
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
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Building a Library, July 2005, First Choice
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Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture & Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
Rudolf Streng (violin)
Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Hermann Scherchen
