Hardly any other orchestral piece stimulates the imagination as directly as Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow's musical tales from "Arabian Nights". Concerto for violin? Symphonic poem? Suite? «Sheherazade», created in the summer of 1888, is a bit of everything or, even better: all in one! The four movements bear names such as "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" and "Celebration in Baghdad", the musical borrowings come from Persia, India and the Caucasus. Fabio Luisi could be won as conductor for the moderated concert format with Albert Hosp. The concert film is conducted by Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, who has a close personal relationship with «Sheherazade» and therefore chose this composition to conduct his first film with a large symphony orchestra.

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
«Sheherazade» Symphonic Suite for Orchestra op. 35
1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Largo e maestoso – Allegro non troppo)
2. The Story of the Prince Calendar (Lento – Andantino – Allegro molto – Con moto)
3. The young prince and the young princess (Andantino quasi allegretto – Pochissimo più mosso – Come prima – Pochissimo più animato)
4. Festival in Baghdad. Ocean. The ship crashes on a cliff under a bronze rider (Allegro molto – Vivo – Allegro non troppo maestoso)

Moderated Concert
Presentation Albert Hosp
Violin Kirill Maximov
Conductor Fabio Luisi
Tonkunstler-Orchestra

Recorded in Festspielhaus St. Pölten | January 2021
Production 2021
Directed by Anna Gettel

Concert film
Violin Kirill Maximov
Conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian
Tonkunstler-Orchestra

Recorded inAuditorium Grafenegg | September 2020
Production 2021
Directed by Marina Mattner

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