Composer: Anton Arensky
Performer: Alexander Avramenko, Vladimir Kolpashnikov
Orchestra: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573633
Release: 2021
Size: 199 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Egyptian Nights
01. Ouverture
02. No. 1, Scène et danse de coquetterie
03. No. 2, Entrée de Cléopatre et scène
04. No. 3, Danse d’Arsinoé et des esclaves
05. No. 4, Danse de Bérénice et scène
06. No. 5a, Scène d’empoisonnement
07. No. 7, Danse des juives
08. No. 8, Danse des égyptiennes
09. No. 10, Charmeuse des serpents
10. No. 9, Danse des Ghazies
11. Cadence de la harpe
12. No. 11, Pas de deux
13. No. 5b, Allegro moderato
14. No. 6, Entrée solennelle d’Antoine
15. No. 12, Finale
A student of Rimsky-Korsakov and the teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin, Anton Arensky holds a distinguished place in the history of Russian music as both an academic and a composer. For his 1900 ballet Egyptian Nights, based on Pushkin, he chose an exotic theme – the dangerous love of the handsome Amoun for Queen Cleopatra – and sought authentic melodic material in scholarly texts. With his gift for orchestration and colour, Arensky fashioned a sensuous and vivid score, featuring a brilliantly conceived series of dances.