Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, op. 35 / Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

Album by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov & Orchestre national de France & Igor Markevitch

Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35 / Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 are orchestral works by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed in 1888. They display his mature orchestral voice, with richly colourful textures, inventive instrumentation and modal, folk-influenced melodic language that reflects his interest in narrative and liturgical subjects and marks an important phase in late‑19th-century Russian orchestral repertoire.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea & Sinbad's Ship (Largo Maestoso)
    10:04
  2. 2.
    Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Kalender Prince (Lento - Andantino)
    12:11
  3. 3.
    Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince & The Young Princess (Andantino Quasi Allegretto)
    10:10
  4. 4.
    Scheherazade, Op. 35: IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea
    13:12
  5. 5.
    Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
    16:23