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Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 / Fantasia On Serbian Themes

4/1/2006, 9 Tracks, 1:06:47

Featuring

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

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Performer Biography

Kees Bakels, the founding music director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, began his musical career as a violinist and studied conducting in Amsterdam and Siena.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1998, is a multicultural and international orchestra with 105 musicians from around the world.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Fantasia on Serbian Themes, Op. 6, was requested by Mily Balakirev, a composer who greatly influenced the young Rimsky-Korsakov, and was first performed in St. Petersburg in 1867.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Rimsky-Korsakov's Symphony No. 1 was begun when he was in Cadet School and became acquainted with respected composer Mily Balakirev, who tasked him with writing a full symphony.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, best known for works like Scheherazade and Flight of the Bumble Bee, deserves more attention as a symphonist.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Symphony No. 1 was extensively revised by Rimsky-Korsakov twenty years after its initial gestation, resulting in the 1884 version which is more or less definitive and in a more manageable key.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Rimsky-Korsakov's Symphony No. 3 marked his farewell to the traditional symphonic form, though it was later extensively revised in 1886.

Source: Booklet

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