Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35 (1888), played on period instruments

Scheherazade - Symphonic Suite, Op. 35 (1888) [0:00] I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship (Largo e maestoso - Lento - Allegro non troppo - Tranquillo) [9:29] II. The Kalendar Prince (Lento - Andantino - Allegro molto - Vivace scherzando - Moderato assai - Allegro molto ed animato) [21:24] III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Andantino quasi allegretto - Pochissimo più mosso - Come prima - Pochissimo più animato) [31:15] IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman. (Allegro molto - Lento - Vivo - Allegro non troppo e maestoso - Tempo come I) The symphonic suite “Scheherazade“ is among the most famous works by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908). It is based on various stories in the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales dating from the Islamic Golden Age. The work is framed as a set of stories within a story, since they