Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain

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they bring to it all the colour and drama you’d expect. The Warner recording is rich and detailed. The Santa Cecilia brass sound is suitably fierce in the imposing opening chords, representing... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

Release Date: 22nd Mar 2024
Catalogue No: 5419793369
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 69 minutes

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Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35

Work length45:11

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

Track length10:05

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II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince

Track length12:25

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III. The Young Prince and Princess

Track length10:22

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IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - Shipwreck - Conclusion

Track length12:19

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Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

Work length12:59

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

Work length11:18

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Dejan Vatchkov (bass)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Coro di Voci Bianche dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano

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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain are two of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire. Programming them together as Music Director of the Orchestra and Chorus dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano reminds us of the links between the two composers. At the same time he gives us a rare opportunity to hear both of Mussorgsky’s versions of the devilish Night on Bald Mountain – one for orchestra and one for orchestra and vocal forces (as conceived for the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi). “Mussorgsky’s writing creates a bite that is very unusual for the time when this music was composed,” says Pappano. “It is bare and unadorned, with a stark rawness.” By contrast, he describes Rimsky-Korsakov’s iridescent symphonic suite Scheherazade as “a superb showpiece for the orchestra,” adding, “It is especially in the score’s more transparent and singing moments that the orchestra’s quality is really key. Italian orchestral musicians are known for their singing sound and style, so I find this piece to be ideal for the Santa Cecilia Orchestra.”

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May 2024

they bring to it all the colour and drama you’d expect. The Warner recording is rich and detailed. The Santa Cecilia brass sound is suitably fierce in the imposing opening chords, representing the Sultan who has vowed to have his wives beheaded the dawn following their wedding night.

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