The Enchanted Kingdom / Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1996-05-14
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- First Movement: Tsar Dodon in his palace
- Second Movement: Tsar Dodon on the battlefield
- Third Movement: Tsar Dodon as the guest of the Queen of Shemakha
- Fourth Movement: The wedding and lamentable end of Dodon
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Free Music Review: Not so typical Russian program...
Hit: 4 Stars
This disc is actually a showcase for Mikhail Plentev and the post Soviet era Russian National Orchestra he founded in 1990. We are treated to selections not usually highlighted on Russian festival compilations, making this CD all the more attractive. All three composers here were related scholastically with Rimsky-Korsakov the teacher. The "Le Coq d'or" suite, arr. Glazunov was cut from the same cloth musically as "Scheherazade", out playing the opera of the same name. Liadov's three biggest miniature hits are included. "Baba Yaga" the witch, grotesquely flies off. Another folklore "Kikimora" rocks, rattles,thumps whistles, and spins in music. The "Enchanted Lake" by contrast is sensuously evocative, reminicent of Debussy and Wagner's "Tristan".
Tcherepin least known, was a conductor and pianist in his time. His two contributions here owe much to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov. "The Distant Princess" a love affair in music from afar in the Orient. The "Enchanted Kingdom" is based on the same subject as Stravinsky's "Firebird". The kingdom of Kashchei sleeps gently under a magic spell, as natures sounds fail to awaken it. Pletnev and his players have great affinity for this music and are given superb engineering.
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