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I’d like to put out some praise for “warhorses.” There’s a reason they hang around. People like them! And occasionally a conductor will come up with a new performance that reminds us why.
This recording was the 2020 Orchestral Album of the Year at NativeDSD. Rimsky-Korsakov was one of the great orchestrators, bringing new color and life to the symphony. His students included Respighi and Stravinsky.
Vasily Petrenko and his Oslo Philharmonic gang really put the fire into these pieces. One critic said that the solo violin in Petrenko’s Scheherazade is like an operatic aria – especially in the final farewell. I don’t think I’ve ever heard better performances of Scheherazade or the Capriccio Espagnol, and both pieces have been part of my life for a very long time.
The recording of these wonderful performances is excellent!
