Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Stokowski (CD)

Discs: 1
Record Label: RCA
Release Date: March 15, 2005

“This performance finds Stokowski at his most musical incisive, making the most of Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotic timbres and vibrating rhythms, while the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs with well-oiled smoothness and precision.” — Classics Today

A leading conductor of the twentieth century, Leopold Stokowski conducts the music of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, including his landmark Sheherazade and lesser-heard Russian Easter Overture.

Contents:

Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade, Op. 35
Erich Gruenberg violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1968, Medinah Temple, Chicago