Description
| Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky Korsakov | Symphony No. 2, Op. 9 ‘Antar’ |
| Reinhold Glière | Russian Sailors’ Dance from The Red Poppy |
| Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov | Caucasian Sketches Op. 10 |
| Aram Ilich Khachaturian | Gayaneh Suite |
Artists | |
| Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra | |
| “Abravanel is very good in this music – crackling with energy tempered with tender ways with the great melodies. Antar is a neglected prize among Rimsky’s works ranking with Sheherazade …Caucasian Sketches have These You Have Loved status with Procession of the Sardar establishing the idiom for a thousand Hollywood triumphal and barbarous marches … The Glière is a fun piece that stamps emphatically and clearly influenced by Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition. As an inexpensive single disc collection of less obvious Russian repertoire this is difficult to top. I recommend it strongly.” (Rob Barnett / MusicWeb International) |
