New Music Albums: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - SCHEHERAZADE, A TALE (Simone Menezes, Ensemble K, Golshifteh Farahani & Kristin Winters)

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Artist:
Simone Menezes
Ensemble K
Golshifteh Farahani
Kristin Winters

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
94:54

Record Label:
Alpha

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
September 20, 2024




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Product Description: This album offers a new approach to the character of Scheherazade, with Rimsky-Korsakov's musical masterpiece transcribed for the forces of Ensemble K and a previously unpublished text, freely adapted from the Thousand and One Nights and ancient love poems, which tells the story of Scheherazade. The Franco-Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani plays Scheherazade, while Kristin Winters is her sister, Dinarzad: 'For me, this story is a literary and historical treasure of humanity. But our collective imagination has seen Scheherazade as either a seductress or a submissive woman who told stories to survive. The greatness of this character goes far beyond that, and in fact represents the ancient figure of the "hero", or rather the heroine!', says Simone Menezes, who is artistic director of this project. For this second collaboration with Alpha Classics (after Amazonia, ALPHA990), she presents two versions of the programme, one with music and texts, the other with Rimsky-Korsakov's music alone.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Scheherazade, Op. 35 .(Original Dialogue and Reorchestration Under the Auspices of Simone Menezes): I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship. Largo e maestoso Ensemble K, Simone Menezes, Golshifteh Farahani & Kristin Winters (10:39)

2 . Scheherazade, Op. 35 .(Original Dialogue and Reorchestration Under the Auspices of Simone Menezes): II. The Kalendar Prince. Lento Ensemble K, Simone Menezes, Golshifteh Farahani & Kristin Winters (15:19)

3 . Scheherazade, Op. 35 .(Original Dialogue and Reorchestration Under the Auspices of Simone Menezes): III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess. Andantino quasi allegretto Ensemble K, Simone Menezes, Golshifteh Farahani & Kristin Winters (09:56)

4 .Scheherazade, Op. 35 .(Original Dialogue and Reorchestration Under the Auspices of Simone Menezes): IV. Festival at Baghdad. Allegro molto Ensemble K, Simone Menezes, Golshifteh Farahani & Kristin Winters (13:40)

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