Scheherezade

Album by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov & Slovenská filharmónia & Bystrík Režucha

Scheherazade is a symphonic suite by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed in 1888. The work features vivid, colourful orchestration and exotic-themed melodic material that creates evocative narrative scenes and represents a key example of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral craft within the late Romantic Russian tradition.

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  1. 1.
    Scheherezade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sindbad's Ship (Largo e maestoso)
    10:10
  2. 2.
    Scheherezade, Op. 35: II. The Kalandar Prince's Tale (Lento adagio)
    11:32
  3. 3.
    Scheherezade, Op. 35: III. The Prince and the Princess (Andantino quasi allegretto)
    9:59
  4. 4.
    Scheherezade, Op. 35: IV. The Bagdad Festival / The Sea / The Ship Dashing Upon the Rock Surmounted by the Bronze Statue of a Warrior (Allegro molto)
    12:00

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