NIKOLAI ANDREYEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)

Orchestral Works

· Scheherazade, Symphonic Suite, Op. 35

The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship (Largo e maestoso - Lento- Allegro non troppo)

The Kalendar Prince (Lento)

The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Andantino quasi allegretto)

Festival at Bagdad-The Sea (Allegro molto – Lento - Allegro molto e frenético - Poco più tranquillo)

· Sadko, Musical Picture, Op. 5

· Song of India, from Sadko

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, dir.: Loris Tjeknavorian.

Rec.: 1991, Aram Khatchaturian Hall, Yerevan, Armenia.

· The Tsar’s Bride, Overture (1898-9)

· Fantasia on Serbian Themes, Op. 6 (1867)

· Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 1 (1865)

Largo assai – Allegro

Andante tranquillo

Scherzo (Vivace)

Allegro assai

· Symphony No. 2, "Antar”, Op. 9 (1868, rev. 1897)

Largo – Allegro giocoso

Allegro

Allegro risoluto alla marcia

Allegretto vivace

Philharmonia Orchestra, dir.: Yondani Butt.

Rec.: 12-14 March 1997, All Saints Church, London.

· Overture on Russian Themes, Op. 20 (1866, rev. 1879-80)*

· Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 32 (1866-73, rev. 1886)

Moderato assai

Scherzo (Vivo)

Andante – Animato assai

Allegro con spirito – Animato

· Fairy-Tale (Skazka), Op. 29 (1879-80)

London Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra*, dir.: Yondani Butt.

Rec.: 1998*, 1985.

· The Golden Cockerel (Le Coq d’Or), Suite

Tsar Dodon in his palace

Tsar Dodon on the battlefield

Tsar Dodon as the guest of the Queen of Semakha

The wedding and lamentable end of Dodon

· The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Suite, Op. 57

The Tsar’s farewell and departure

The Tsarina in a barrel at sea

The Three Wonders

· Flight of the Bumble-Bee, from the Tale of Tsar Tsaltan

· Christmas Eve, Suite

Holy Night

Games and Dances of the Stars – Mazurka – The Sixth Comet – Csardas and Rain of the Falling Stars

The Devil’s Christmas

Polonaise

Procession to Midnight Mass and Carols

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, dir.: Loris Tjeknavorian.

Rec.: 1991, Aram Khatchaturian Hall, Yerevan, Armenia.

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