Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov

Which is the best version on a CD for Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov? Thank you.

sgtr12-28-2009 2:12am

rushton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,430 posts 12-28-2009 at 03:49am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Reiner/CSO on RCA, as recommended above.
calloway Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 816 posts 12-28-2009 at 03:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete agree with the reiner/cso version...superb
newbee Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,093 posts 12-28-2009 at 04:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I agree that Soulbrass' selections are excellent, but for sheer beauty don't miss Beecham's version. Maybe not quite so much drama.
daverz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 477 posts 12-28-2009 at 09:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete For excitement, Stokowski/LSO on Cala, though the over-the top Phase 4 sonics will never win any audiophile awards for refinement. The Cala issue is greatly superior to any previous CD issues.
opus88 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 529 posts 12-29-2009 at 01:28am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete In my opinion, the best three versions have already been mentioned. Reiner is more conventional and dynamic, Stokowski with the London Symphony is dynamic AND ravishing and Beecham is somewhere in between the other two. You can't go wrong with any of them.