Artist: Utah Symphony Orchestra / Abravanel,Maurice

Title: Russian Legends & Dances

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2022

Label: Alto

UPC: 5055354414503

Genre: Classical Artists

Album Tracks

1. Rimsky-Korsakov: 'Antar' Suite (Symphony) Op. 9
2. Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches Op. 10
3. Glière: The Red Poppy Op. 60
4. Khachaturian: Gayaneh Ballet Suite

"Abravanel is very good in this music - crackling with energy tempered with tender ways with the great melodies. Antar is a neglected prize among Rimsky's works ranking with Sheherazade... Caucasian Sketches have These You Have Loved status with Procession of the Sardar establishing the idiom for a thousand Hollywood triumphal and barbarous marches... The Glière is a fun piece that stamps emphatically and clearly influenced by Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition. As an inexpensive single disc collection of less obvious Russian repertoire this is difficult to top. I recommend it strongly." (Rob Barnett / MusicWeb International)