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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra

1 CD / Philips / 2002-10-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Alexander Borodin: In the steppes of central Asia; Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"
Performers: Levitin, Sergei
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Valery Gergiev's new version of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scherazade' pins you back with its red-blooded thrust and sound of a fullness and brilliance I have never known...continue...