Notes and Editorial Reviews
Hearing is believing. I have had occasion to praise these performances as individual issues, and now here they are together, at 4 CDs for the price of 2. Sheherazade may not be "the best", and everyone will have their favorite performance of this particular chestnut, but it's still very good, and everthing else is terrific. I could very easily live with just these versions of the Russian Easter Overture, the various opera suites, the Piano Concerto, and the symphonies. Antar (Symphony No. 2) is easily the best performance ever recorded, while the other two symphonies have a freshness and direct appeal that supports their claim to be much better music that most listeners (including me)
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usually credit. The Malaysian Philharmonic under Kees Bakels plays with real enthusiasm and fire, and as always BIS's sonics represent that last word in brilliance. At this price, and with more than 5 hours of marvellous music, you have no excuse but to urgently snap up this set.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording
1.
Scheherazade, Op. 35 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Russia
2.
Symphony no 2, Op. 9 "Antar" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868/1875; Russia
3.
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Russia
4.
Concerto for Piano in C sharp minor, Op. 30 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Noriko Ogawa (Piano)
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882-1883; Russia
5.
Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903; Russia
6.
Sadko, Op. 5 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867/1892; Russia
7.
Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Russia
8.
Tsar's Bride: Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Russia
9.
Pan Voyevoda: Suite, Op. 59 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Russia
10.
Christmas Eve: Suite by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903; Russia
11.
Overture on Russian themes, Op. 28 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866/1880; Russia
12.
Snow Maiden: Suite by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880/1895; Russia
13.
Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 1 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
14.
Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 32 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866-1873; Russia
15.
Fantasia on Serbian themes, Op. 6 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Featured Sound Samples
The Snow Maiden: Suite: IV. Dance of the Tumblers
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