Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale [Hybrid SACD]
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Brand: RCAComposer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Sidney Harth
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
- Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35: The Story of the Kalender Prince
- Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
- Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35: Festival in Bagdad; The Sea; The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a B
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: Presto
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: Chinese March
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: Song of the Nightingale
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: The Mechanical Nightingale: The mechanical nightingale
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: The Mechanical Nightingale: The Emperor's displeasure at
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: The Mechanical Nightingale: The Emperor's sickroom
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: The Mechanical Nightingale: The real nightingale returns
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra: The Mechanical Nightingale: Funeral march and Finale
Free Music Notes for Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale [Hybrid SACD]
Free Music Review: My favorite CD before I lost it in a fire evacuation
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I loved this CD. For me it is even better than the Reiner Pictures at an Exhibition recording, which says quite a bit. Scheherezade is masterfully written, and is by far my favorite piece by Rimsky-Korsakov, especially the middle two movements. Every single one of the four movements are far beyond the standard musical performance however, and I highly recommend listening to all four over and over again.
My crackpot theory I developed from the Wikipedia article about the composer is that Rimsky-Korsakov had help from his wife when writing this piece, as it is an excellent synthesis of a variety of musical styles, not just the conservative Russian style found in many of Rimsky-Korsakov's other works, and the end product in this CD is life-changing, at least for me it was.
The Stravinsky piece is also nice, although this piece is in the opposite situation as Scherezade, as I find that some other pieces by Stravinsky are a bit easier to understand for those who mostly listen to older musical styles. Contemporary music is undeniably important however, and I highly recommend this recording as it is well performed and is not as well known as some of Stravinsky's other works.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale [Hybrid SACD] Poster
This is a classic recording of these two works, led with grand authority by Fritz Reiner. The Chicago's brass and wind section play gloriously throughout, and the final movement of Scheherazade (we learn from the original producer [1960] in an accompanying essay) was recorded in one take--an almost unheard-of feat. This fast movement is taken at breakneck speed, with no loss of clarity or power, with the strings in the hands of magicians. Stravinsky's Nightingale has never sounded so exotic, so bristling over with color, since this 1956(!) recording under Reiner, and the wonderful surprise with this new release of old material is the revamped sound: the original "Living Stereo" was a fantastic breakthrough in recording, and this new SACD format has returned the spatial relationships to something so "real" that it comes as close as I've ever heard to a true concert hall experience. Simply glorious. --Robert LevineClassical Music CDs
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