Andre Previn - Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky: Scheherazade / Pictures At An Exhibition (1981-1985) [2022 SACD]

André Previn conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Op. 35, Symphonic suite after "A Thousand and One Nights" featuring solo violin by Rainer Küchl, recorded December 10-11, 1981; and Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, recorded live on April 20, 1985, at Musikvereinssaal, Vienna.


Tracks:

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
»Scheherazade«, Op. 35
Symphonic suite after "A Thousand and One Nights"

1. The Sea and Sindbad's Ship
2. The Story of the Calender Prince
3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
4. Festival at Baghdad – The Sea –
The ship goes to pieces against a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior (The Shipwreck)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
»Pictures at an Exhibition«
(Orchestration: Maurice Ravel)

5. Promenade
6. Gnomus
7. Promenade
8. Il vecchio castello
9. Promenade
10. Tuileries
11. Bydlo
12. Promenade
13. Ballet of the chickens in their shells
14. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
15. The market-place at Limoges
16. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
17. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
18. The hut on fowl's legs (Baba Yaga)
19. The great gate at Kiev

Personnel:

Rainer Küchl, Solo Violin (Scheherazade)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conducted by André Previn