Scheherazade / Russean Easter Overture

Album by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Robert Spano

This release is an orchestral recording pairing two works by Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков, both composed in 1888. The music showcases late-Romantic Russian orchestration through colourful instrumental textures, programme-driven structures and contrasting liturgical and oriental-inspired sonorities, reflecting the composer's mature style and his contribution to the national orchestral repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Scheherazade, op. 35: The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
    10:04
  2. 2.
    Scheherazade, op. 35: The Tale of the Kalender Prince
    11:49
  3. 3.
    Scheherazade, op. 35: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
    10:16
  4. 4.
    Scheherazade, op. 35: The Festival at Baghdad / The Sea / Shipwreck on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior / Conclusion
    12:30
  5. 5.
    Russian Easter Overture, op. 36
    15:26

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