Word: korsakov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later, Borodin wrote a funeral march and a mazurka around the tune, which he called the Coteletten Polka* and proudly showed the pieces to his musical friends. Rimsky-Korsakov promptly added several variations; other composer friends chipped in too, and before long there were 16 paraphrases. All were written for piano duet, the lower part for a skilled player, the upper for two fingers. In 1879, when the collection was published, Liszt got a copy, and added a paraphrase...
Enchanted Land (Billy Eckstine; M-G-M). Rimsky-Korsakov's Song of India, sugared up and topped by a Himalayan helping of Eckstine's butterscotch baritone...
Symphonic Selections, played by the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. The selections include pieces by Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Liadov, Rimsky-Korsakov. Although the recording is not first-rate (it sounds a little like the sound track of a Russian film), the Bolshoi orchestra itself sounds hard to beat...
...individual dancer so much as the group's effect. Here the corps de ballet shows its special profficiency; for in "Scheherazade" the spectacle of the whirling, sensual dance is important, not stylistic perfection. In this dance the orchestra is missing much of the turbulence called for by Rimsky-Korsakov's score. In this respect the musicians mirror the essential weakness of the entire company; after many years on the road it is difficult to muster the great enthusiasm first class ballet requires. Nevertheless, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo continues to provide good ballet, and that is high commendation...
...quickly. Poverty, a growing fondness for vodka, other musical chores, and the necessity of supporting himself by work as a government office drudge kept distracting him. When he died in 1881 at the age of 42 there were still some patches of the opera left undone. His friend Rimsky-Korsakov finished the work, and the opera had its official premiere in St. Petersburg in 1911, began to get scattered performances outside of Russia...