Ballet Edition - Russian Ballet Music
Philharmonia Orchestra, Radio France Orchestre Philharmonique, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert Irving, Paavo Järvi, Aram Khachaturian, Yuri Temirkanov, Riccardo Muti, Evgeny Svetlanov
Ballet Edition - Russian Ballet Music
Philharmonia Orchestra, Radio France Orchestre Philharmonique, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert Irving, Paavo Järvi, Aram Khachaturian, Yuri Temirkanov, Riccardo Muti, Evgeny Svetlanov
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The splendour of Russia’s ballet tradition is evoked in spectacular scores by Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian and Glazunov, while Shostakovich espouses modernism – and ‘Tea for Two’. The exotic Scheherazade, which inspired a steamy harem scenario from Diaghilev and Fokine, is here entrusted to Riccardo Muti. Aram Khachaturian himself conducts excerpts from Spartacus – including the sweepingly romantic and justly celebrated Adagio; another, contracting highlight comes with the fiery Sabre Dance from the same composer’s Gayaneh.
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- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1982-02-08
- Recording Venue: 8 February 1982, The Old Met, Philadelphia