Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Suite/Maid From Pskov Suite/Pan Voyevoda Suite
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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovConductor: Edward Serov
Orchestra: Odense Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1997-02-18
Music Label: Kontrapunkt
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Free Music Review: A mixed selection
Hit: 4 Stars
Rimsky-Korsakov wrote music for 15 operas, from at least eight of which he (or Glazunov) extracted orchestral suites. This CD is the second of three in which Edward Serov and the Odense Symphony Orchestra perform these eight suites. The conducting, playing, and recording are all first-class.
This second CD in the series includes three suites. The best known is "The Golden Cockerel" (Le coq d'or), with four selections from the opera. The fourth selection, a musical portrayal of Tsar Dodon's bridal procession, is the most frequently recorded, but all four numbers are worth having.
The other two suites,"Maid from Pskov" and "Pan Voyevoda," are less well-known, for good reason. The music in neither has the same intrinsic interest as that in "The Golden Cockerel." Neither will make a contribution to any list of Rimsky's greatest hits. Perhaps the greatest interest attaches to the last two selections from "Pan Voyevoda": two Polish dances, a Mazurka and a Polonaise, both in 3/4 time. Both sound like Viennese waltzes, something that we do not normally expect to hear from Rimsky.
Aficionados of Rimsky-Korsakov (like myself) will be glad to have all three suites in these first-class performances. Others may not wish to invest in this CD if they already have a good performance of "The Golden Cockerel."
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