TRACKLISTING
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sheherazade, op.35
Symphonic suite after A Thousand and One Nights
1 The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
2 The Story of the Kalendar Prince
3 The Young Prince and Princess
4 Festival at Baghdad — The Sea —
Shipwreck — Conclusion

Alexander Borodin
5 In the Steppes of Central Asia

Mily Balakirev, orch. Lyapunov
6 Islamey

Sergei Levitin, violin 1–4
KIROV ORCHESTRA, MARIINSKY THEATRE,
ST PETERSBURG
VALERY GERGIEV

ABOUT THIS SACD
A wonderful disc featuring Sheherazade, which hardly needs an introduction.

Rimsky-Korsakov had a tremendous talent for bringing all the colours of an orchestra to the audience. His Sheherazade is his most popular piece because of that, and is still one of the most beloved pieces for the concert hall.