Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

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Danacord
Release Date
January 3, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Bortkiewicz
    • PERFORMER
      Etsuko Hirose
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 03, 2025
    • UPC
      5709499985007
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DACOCD 985
    • LABEL
      Danacord
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    2. II. The Kalender Prince

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    3. III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    4. IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    5. I. Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    6. II. The story of the poor Fisherman

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    7. III. Dance of the young Girls

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    8. IV. Oriental Dance

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    9. V. The enchanted Castle

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    10. VI. Zobeïde

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    11. VII. Dream Dance

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    12. VIII. Dance of the three sisters

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    13. IX. Bacchanal

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose

    14. X. The wicked magician escapes from the bottle

      Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Performer: Etsuko Hirose


A mystic realm tinged with the scent of foreign spices, bewitching music, vivid color and sensual delights... Orientalism sparked a new wave of romanticism in Western art in the 19th century, which had a profound influence on artists. At the time, The Arabian Nights had long been popular in Russia, in a French translation by Antoine Galland that indulged the Francophile passion for all things Arabic. For Rimsky-Korsakov who had a life-long fascination with fairytales especially those from the exotic setting of the mythical Orient,"Scheherazade"was an ideal theme. Born into a family of Russian naval officers, music and the sea became his passion since childhood and he graduated from the Naval Academy of St. Petersburg to become a naval officer himself. While pursuing his musical studies, he embarked on numerous ocean voyages, visiting Brazil, America, Europe etc The Oriental Ballet Suite "Thousand and One Nights" was originally conceived as an orchestral work, first published for piano solo in 1927, and then arranged for orchestra by the composer himself. It gained popularity immediately after it's release and was broadcast on several radio stations.