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A Journey to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, conjuring sonic connections that link music across time and space. From other musical depictions of Sheherazade, heroine and narrator of The Arabian Nights, to musical storytelling from Vivaldi and Berlioz, Sara charts a musical journey towards Rimsky-Korsakov's enchanting orchestral fantasy.

1 hour, 29 minutes

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Sun 21 Jul 2024 13:30
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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op 35 (The Story of the Kalendar Prince)

    Performer: Christopher Warren‐Green. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: Philharmonia/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 11 in A major, K331 (3rd mvt, Rondo alla turca)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for Piano.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les sauvages - Rondeau (Les Indes galantes)

    Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Rameau - The Sound of Light.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La flute enchantée (Shéhérazade)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

  • Duke Ellington

    Isfahan (Far East Suite)

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Orchestra: The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
    • Bluebird.

  • Trad.

    Samai maqam Bayati

    Ensemble: HespĂšrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Gamal Abdel-Rahim

    Daughter of the Sultan

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Fatma Said.
    • El Nour.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Islamey, Op. 18

    Orchestrator: Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • Russian Spectacular.
    • BIS.
    • 301.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Intermezzo, Op 8 No 1

    Performer: Olga Solovieva.
    • Liadov: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 1.

  • Vincenzo Galilei

    Polymnia (Galliard)

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Ancient Airs & Dances: Original Lute Tunes That Inspired Respighi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, Suite No. 1, P. 109: II. Gagliarda

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite (1910): Infernal Dance

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F minor RV.297 'Winter'

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Candida Thompson. Performer: Henk Rubingh. Performer: Julian Rachlin. Performer: Maarten Jansen. Performer: Stacey Watton. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Jan Jansen.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    "Di quella pira" (Il Trovatore, Act 3)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Luciano Pavarotti: The Platinum Collection.
    • Universal Music Italia srL..
    • 49.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete & Harold in Italy.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Ornella Vanoni

    Sheherazade

    Composer: G. Kath. Composer: Roberto Mussapi. Performer: Paolo Fresu. Singer: Ornella Vanoni.
    • Sheherazade.
    • CGD/EastWest Italy.
    • 14.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Ensemble: Quatuor MosaĂŻques.
    • Naive.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Jul 2024 13:30
    ±«Óătv Radio 3