Scheherazade / Symphony no. 2 "Antar"

Album by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov & Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra & Kees Bakels

Scheherazade / Symphony no. 2 "Antar" is a pairing of orchestral works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, composed in 1888 and 1868–1869 respectively. Both pieces showcase Rimsky-Korsakov's vivid, colouristic orchestration and programme-led approach, with Scheherazade emphasising narrative, orientalist colours and virtuosic orchestral textures and Antar reflecting an earlier, more symphonic and folk-influenced idiom that together trace his development within late 19th-century Russian orchestral music.

Scheherazade / Symphony no. 2 "Antar" by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov - album cover

First released: August 2003

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1.
Scheherazade, op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship. Largo e maestoso - Allegro non troppo
9:07
2.
Scheherazade, op. 35: II. The Tale of the Kalender Prince. Lento - Andante
12:08
3.
Scheherazade, op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess. Andantino quasi allegretto
10:25
4.
Scheherazade, op. 35: IV. Festival in Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior - Conclusion. Allegro molto
12:14
5.
Symphony no. 2 (Symphonic Suite), op. 9 "Antar": I. Largo - Allegro - Allegretto - Largo
11:37
6.
Symphony no. 2 (Symphonic Suite), op. 9 "Antar": II. Allegro
4:45
7.
Symphony no. 2 (Symphonic Suite), op. 9 "Antar": III. Allegro risoluto
5:30
8.
Symphony no. 2 (Symphonic Suite), op. 9 "Antar": IV. Allegretto - Adagio
8:46