Fritz Reiner - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale [Hybrid SACD]

Title: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale [Hybrid SACD] Artist: Fritz Reiner Release Date: 1996 Label: Rca Red Seal Duration: 66:47 Album Type(s): Special essay (music history, styles, etc.), composition (work) description, SACD (Super Audio CD) UPC: 828766637724 Genre: Orchestral Music Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35
   - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
2. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35
   - The Story of the Kalender Prince
3. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35
   - The Young Prince and the Young Princess
4. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35
   - Festival in Bagdad; The Sea; The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior (Ship
5. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
   - Presto
6. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
   - Chinese March
7. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
   - Song of the Nightingale
8. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
   - The Mechanical Nightingale: The mechanical nightingale
9. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
   - The Mechanical Nightingale: The Emperor's displeasure at the departure of the real nightingale
10. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
    - The Mechanical Nightingale: The Emperor's sickroom
11. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
    - The Mechanical Nightingale: The real nightingale returns to thwart Death
12. Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
    - The Mechanical Nightingale: Funeral march and Finale

Symphonic enough? Of course it is. Listen to the glisten of the brass. Listen to the shine on those strings. Listen to warmth of the winds. Inch for inch and pound for pound, Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 1956 recording of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade is the biggest, boldest Scheherazade ever recorded. Although not usually known for his tenderness, Reiner here shapes and molds the Chicago Symphony into a Scheherazade of sumptuous curves and voluptuous dimensions. For some listeners, Reiner's Scheherazade has always been the ultimate in symphonic opulence. For others, it has always been a little too lush, a bit too broad, and a tad too toothsome. The same cannot be said of Reiner and the Chicago's 1960 recording of Stravinsky's Song of the Nightingale. An angular construct of hard strings, cool winds, and tight brass, Reiner here creates a clockwork Nightingale of glinting colors and ticking rhythms. RCA's original "Living Stereo" was the latest and greatest in sound recordings back in the early years of the long player. RCA's remastering on super audio compact disc is a lot louder. Whether that's better is up to the listener. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide

Name Credits Chicago Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Daniel Guss Reissue Producer Dirk Sobotka Engineer Elizabeth A. Wright Editorial Supervision Fritz Reiner Conductor John Newton Remastering Supervisor, Liner Notes Lewis Layton Engineer Mark Donahue Mastering Engineer Richard Mohr Liner Notes, Producer Sara Foldenauer Photography Sidney Harth Violin Tim Schumacher Series Coordinator