Rimsky-Korsakov: C/D, S+D etc.

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― Freedom, Thursday, 1 October 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago)

have only heard the more famous orchestral works, ie Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol, Russian Easter Overture, but they are all pretty classic. anyone know the operas?

― HPSCHD, Thursday, 1 October 2009 19:54 (fifteen years ago)

Scheherazade is good.

― Freedom, Friday, 2 October 2009 10:57 (fifteen years ago)

Always loved Scheherazade from an early age, but have to say know nothing else. Looking forward to hearing some recommendations.

― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 2 October 2009 11:26 (fifteen years ago)

Scheherazade is lovely, indeed.

― l'homme moderne: il forniquait et lisait des journaux (Michael White), Friday, 2 October 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago)

A couple of Scheherezades to recommend:

The one conducted by Sergiu Celibidache on DG (not EMI): outrageous luxury of timbre.

The classic Ernest Ansermet version: awesome exemplar of vintage late 50s-early 60s stereo orchestral miking, a real golden age of engineers recording orchestras.

If you like Scheherezade you will almost certainly like 'Antar', his other programmatic fantasy-symphony.

I really wanna hear his fairy tale operas sometime.

Also-- for the ultimate heavy-modernist homage to this kind of musical orientalism, you MUST hear Bernard Herrmann's score for The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad.

― We're gonna destroy their van, we're gonna destroy their faces (Jon Lewis), Friday, 2 October 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago)

My favorite is his symph. suite "Antar".

― Turangalila, Saturday, 3 October 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago)

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