Kurt Masur: Rimsky Korsakov Shéhérazade op.35

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Kurt Masur conducts the Leipziger Gewandhausorchester
Rimsky's Sheherazade

Karl Suske, violin - Cornelia Grohmann, flute - Thomas Hipper, oboe - Bernhard Krug, french horn -Jürnjacob Timm, cello - Peter Schurrock, clarinet.
Leipzig, 1993

1st Movement: Largo e maestoso - Allegro non troppo (The sea and the Sindbad's ship)
2nd Movement. Part 1: Lento, Andantino (The tale of the Kalender prince)
2nd movement. Part 2: Allegro molto, Con moto (The tale of the Kalender prince)
3rd Movement: Andantino quasi allegretto, Pochissimo più mosso, Come prima, Pochissimo più animato.(The young prince and the young princess).
4th Movement. Part 1: Allegro molto (Festival at Bagdad)
4th Movement. Part 2: Vivo, Allegro non troppo maestoso (The sea, The ship breaks against a cliff surmounted by a bronze horseman, Conclusion).