Alexander Avramenko - Arensky: Egyptian Nights, Op. 50 (2021)
Artist: Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
Title: Arensky: Egyptian Nights, Op. 50
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 50:33 min
Total Size: 200 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Arensky: Egyptian Nights, Op. 50
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 50:33 min
Total Size: 200 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Ouverture
2. No. 1, Scène et danse de coquetterie
3. No. 2, Entrée de Cléopatre et scène
4. No. 3, Danse d'Arsinoé et des esclaves
5. No. 4, Danse de Bérénice et scène
6. No. 5a, Scène d'empoisonnement
7. No. 7, Danse des juives
8. No. 8, Danse des égyptiennes
9. No. 10, Charmeuse des serpents
10. No. 9, Danse des Ghazies
11. Cadence de la harpe
12. No. 11, Pas de deux
13. No. 5b, Allegro moderato
14. No. 6, Entrée solennelle d'Antoine
15. No. 12, Finale
A student of Rimsky-Korsakov and the teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin, Anton Arensky holds a distinguished place in the history of Russian music as both an academic and a composer. For his 1900 ballet Egyptian Nights, based on Pushkin, he chose an exotic theme – the dangerous love of the handsome Amoun for Queen Cleopatra – and sought authentic melodic material in scholarly texts. With his gift for orchestration and colour, Arensky fashioned a sensuous and vivid score, featuring a brilliantly conceived series of dances.
