Scheherazade / Capriccio Espagnol

Album by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Aleksandr Lazarev

Scheherazade / Capriccio Espagnol is a pairing of orchestral works by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed in 1888 and 1887 respectively. Both pieces exemplify late 19th-century Russian orchestral style, featuring vivid, colouristic scoring, folk-inflected melodies and evocative, narrative-driven gestures in the suite alongside virtuosic, dance-based rhythms and bright percussion in the capriccio, illustrating Rimsky-Korsakov's contribution to orchestral colour and programme writing.

Scheherazade / Capriccio Espagnol by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - album cover

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Scheherazade, op. 35: 1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
3:37
2.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 2. Calm at Sea
3:02
3.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 3. Sea Birds
3:34
4.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 4. The Tale of the Kalendar Prince
3:20
5.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 5. The Fight
2:11
6.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 6. Sinbad's Mighty Bird, the Roc
6:37
7.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 7. The Young Prince
4:12
8.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 8. The Princess in a Palanquin
2:47
9.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 9. The Voice of Scheherazade
3:47
10.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 10. The Festival at Baghdad
2:48
11.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 11. Storm at Sea
3:36
12.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 12. The Ship Breaks up against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman
2:43
13.
Scheherazade, op. 35: 13. Calm - the Triumph of Scheherazade
2:50
14.
Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34: 1. Alborada
1:12
15.
Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34: 2. Variazioni
5:11
16.
Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34: 3. Alborada
1:12
17.
Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34: 4. Scena e canto gitano
4:55
18.
Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34: 5. Fandango asturiano
3:24