A very interesting amalgamation of a Russian orchestral style and Eastern influences. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade Suite has a colorful quality to it and a grand and epic tone. A fitting theme for the cunning narrator of the deeply tragic Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Technically, the piccolo and violin parts are exceedingly difficult
I submit the first movement for your listening pleasure – The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship.
Here are the following movements / clips, which I know you won’t be able to resist:
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
