Scheherazade

by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Beecham

Scheherazade cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: Russia / United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Guided by the visionary, occasionally idiosyncratic baton of Thomas Beecham, the orchestra delivers a vividly colored, highly dramatic interpretation of the famous Russian tone poem. The lush string arrangements and prominent violin solos beautifully capture the exotic, narrative sweep of the Arabian Nights theme. The stereophonic recording is widely regarded as an opulent benchmark for late-romantic symphonic interpretation.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, symphonic, suite, melodic, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. 1st Movement: The Sea And Sinbad's Ship
  2. 2nd Movement: The Story Of The Kalender Prince
  3. 3rd Movement: The Young Prince And The Young Princess
  4. 4th Movement: The Festival Of Bagdad: The Sea: The Ship Goes To Pieces On A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrior

Credits

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - primary artist, composed by
  • Sir Thomas Beecham - primary artist, conductor
  • L茅on Bakst - cover
  • Pigeon Crowle - sleeve notes
  • Steven Staryk - violin

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