Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Russian Easter Festival
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COMPOSERS: Rimsky-Korsakov
LABELS: RCA Red Seal
ALBUM TITLE: Rimsky-Korsakov
WORKS: Sheherazade; Russian Easter Festival
PERFORMER: RPO, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
CATALOGUE NO: 82876 65843 2
Stokowski’s assignation with Rimsky’s sultry tale-spinner produces oddly uneven results – tempo tics and lurching variations in voltage sap energy from some predictably lush and colourful incidents. For Stokowski-ites only.