Anton Arensky, the composer, taught harmony and counterpoint at the Moscow Conservatory, where his pupils included Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Glière.
Compositional Technique
Arensky sought authentic melodic material for Egyptian Nights from scholarly texts, including William Lane's 1836 book 'An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians'.
Composer Biography
Arensky was appointed director of the Imperial Chapel at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg in 1895, succeeding Balakirev.
Performer Biography
Dmitry Yablonsky, the conductor, is a GRAMMY-nominated cellist who made his orchestral debut at age nine playing Haydn's Cello Concerto.
Composition History
Arensky's ballet Egyptian Nights, composed in 1900, was first staged at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in March 1908 with choreography by Mikhail Fokin.
Composition History
The ballet Egyptian Nights is based on a work by Pushkin, similar to Glière's 1905 ballet Kleopatra.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in March 1996 at Mosfilm Studio in Moscow, Russia, and was previously released on Marco Polo 8.225028.
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