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DISCID=69110d08
DTITLE=Russian Orchestral Classics / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheraza
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TTITLE0=Scheherezade, Symphonic Suite Op. 35 - St. Petersburg Radio and 
TTITLE0=TV Symphony Orchestra - Stanislav Gorkovenko, Conductor 1. I. Th
TTITLE0=e Sea and Sinbad's Ship
TTITLE1=II. The Story of the Kalender Prince
TTITLE2=III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
TTITLE3=IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - Shipwreck
TTITLE4=Le Coq d'or Suite - Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersbur
TTITLE4=g Philharmony "Dmitry Shostakovich" - Viktor Fedotov, Conductor 
TTITLE4=- I> King Dodon in His Palace
TTITLE5=II. King Dodon on the Battlefield
TTITLE6=III. King Dodon and the Queen of Shemakha
TTITLE7=IV. Bridal Procession and Lamentable Death of King Dodon
EXTD=In 1888 the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\nwrote the s
EXTD=ymphonic suite Scheherazade,  based on \nancient tales entitled e
EXTD=ither The Arabian Nights or A \nThousand and One Nights.  Accordi
EXTD=ng to the story, the\nSultan of Schabriar, convinced of the faith
EXTD=lessness of\nwomen swears to put to death each of his wives the d
EXTD=ay\nafter their wedding night.  The Sultana Scheherazade \nsaves h
EXTD=er life by interesting him in tales which she relates\nto him on 
EXTD=one thousand and one successive nights.  Each\nday the fascinated
EXTD= sultan postpones his wife's execution \nand in the end abandons 
EXTD=his bloody plan.\n\nThe commanding initial theme depicts the might
EXTD=y sultan, \nwhile the ensuing violin solo represents Scheherazade
EXTD=.  In\n"The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" the sultan's theme dominates,\n
EXTD=generally bursting forth in choleric anger but sometimes\nadoptin
EXTD=g a more passionate tone, suggesting the heroine's\nfirst success
EXTD=es.\n\nIn the second movement, "The Story of the Kalender\nPrince" 
EXTD=where the prince masquerades as a dervish, the\nsultan continues 
EXTD=to interrupt with peremptory gestures, but\nthe seductive narrato
EXTD=r maintains the upper hand.  By the\nthurd mocement, Scheherazade
EXTD= has twisted the sultan \naround her little finger to such an ext
EXTD=ent that he listens to\nher romantic story about "The Young Princ
EXTD=e and the Young\nPrincess" without offering any resistance.\n\nThe 
EXTD=finale is in three parts: "Festival at Baghdad," "The \nSea" and 
EXTD="Shipwreck".  First heard is the sultan's theme,\nsucceeded by th
EXTD=e voice of Scheherazade, seeming a bit \nfrantic to save her life
EXTD=.  A rhythmic section suggesting\nOriental revels precedes a vivi
EXTD=d depiction of a storm and\nshipwreck.  In the conclusion Scheher
EXTD=azade appears to\ntemper the sultan's theme, suggesting that they
EXTD= will live\nhappily ever after in true fairy-tale fasion.\n\nLe Coq
EXTD= D'or (The Golden Cockerel), the last of Rimsky's\nfifteen opera,
EXTD= did not premiere until 1909, after the \ncomposer's death, becau
EXTD=se Russian censors felt the work\ninsulting to the tsar.  And, in
EXTD=deed, autocratic King Dodon\nappears a bumbling, lazy fool.  With
EXTD= hus army commander\nPolkan in attendance, the king wonders how t
EXTD=o avoid wars.\nAfter some fairly ridiculous suggestions, an astro
EXTD=loger \nappears with a golden cockerel, who, he says, can \npredic
EXTD=t when war is eminent.  The king promises the \nastrologer any re
EXTD=ward he wants, but the astrologer takes a\nraincheck on this, and
EXTD= the  king soon falls peacefully \nasleep.  When he dreams of the
EXTD= Queen of Shemakha, the \ncockerel sounds his warning.\n\nThe king 
EXTD=and his two sons prepare for war.  After finding \nthem dead (the
EXTD=y evidently have killed each other in battle),\nthe king is seduc
EXTD=ed by the Shemakhan queen, who talks \nhim into banishing his arm
EXTD=y commander.  The king has a \nbetter idea and sentences Polkan t
EXTD=o be beheaded.  After\na wedding procession for the marriage of D
EXTD=odon and the\nqueen, the astrologer claims his reward: the queen.
EXTD=  The \nking reneges on his promise and kills the astrologer; the
EXTD=\ncockerel kills Dodon; and the bird and queen depart.\nThe astrol
EXTD=oger reappears to assure the audience that the \nbloody turn of e
EXTD=vents that they have just witnessed is \nmerely a fairy tale and 
EXTD=that in Dodon's domain only he -\nthe astrologer - and the queen 
EXTD=were real people.
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