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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Symphony No. 2

8/1/2004, 8 Tracks, 1:14:34

Featuring

  • Kees Bakels
  • Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Performer Biography

Kees Bakels, the conductor on this album, was the founding music director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and began his musical career as a violinist.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Both of the works on this album, Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade' and 'Antar', exemplify the Romantic notion of program music, where extra-musical references are explicitly related to what is heard.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Rimsky-Korsakov's Symphony No. 2, 'Antar', underwent several revisions after its 1869 premiere, with the composer himself reorchestrating and cleaning up its harmony in 1876.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer, was renowned for his mastery of orchestration and possessed a vivid sense of color that brought his musical programs to life.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In 'Scheherazade', the solo violin represents the heroine, Scheherazade, and its theme is instantly recognizable by its quasi-Oriental, luxuriant, and almost improvisatory nature.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made in November 2002 at the Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS Hall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, using Neumann microphones and a Neve Capricorn digital mixer.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade' was conceived while he was completing and orchestrating Borodin's opera 'Prince Igor'.

Source: Booklet

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