PM105 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844 - 1908) Soundtracks-R-us

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from SCHEHERAZADE, [1888] Vanguard Stereolab VTC 1620, Violin/Miriam Solovieff, Vienna State Opera Orchestra/Mario Rossi

• [1] The sea and Sinbad's ship 9:05
• [2] The tale of the Kalender prince 10:40
• [3] The young prince and the young princess 7:40
• [4] The festival at Bagdad; the sea; the ship is wrecked on rock surmounted by a bronze warrior 12:35

from RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, London LCL 80004, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

• Tale of Tsar Saltan, suite Opus 57 [1900] 18:40
  • [5] The Tsar's departure and farewell (intro act i)
  • [6] The Tsaritsa and her son afloat in the cask (intro act ii)
  • [7] The three wonders (intro act iv, scene 2)

The Tale of Tsar Saltan is notable also for being the source of the famous avarian "Flight of the Bummblebee". The second movement sounds eeriely like the theme to Disney's Blackhole and the third was used in a revival of Douglas Fairbanks Thief of Bagdad (silent).  In fact R-K has more film credits than Hollywood cares to admit.

from THIS IS THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, Capitol Y2P 8496, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

• [8] Flight of the Bumblebee, [1900] Rabin/violin, Slatkin cond. 1:25

See also PM125 MORE-RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

TRT 59:42

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