Highlights from Scheherazade
Disneyland STER-3987; 1970
I was introduced to this album in 1985 at the age of 8. I was immediately in love with this album and
the music. This, like many Disneyland Storytellers included a book with stories
of the movements. The commentary is interesting to read as it described the
story of the queen for 1,001 nights telling the stories of Sinbad the Sailor,
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (this story is not in the suite, however) and
others. This and the Flight of the
Bumblebee were the first pieces of music from Rimsky Korsakov I heard as a
kid.
Neil Boyle’s illustrations are magnificent as his other
artwork on many other Disneyland/Buena Vista titles such as National Anthems of
the World, Camarata Conducts Man of La Mancha and others. My assumption was this was for children to be
introduced to classical music and adults alike.
It was released in 1970 in both mono and stereo. The music from this suite would also be used
on The Arabian Nights and Aladdin Storyteller albums.
Performed by the Graunke Symphony Orchestra with Hans Wiesbeck
Music supervised and produced by Tutti Camarata
Side One
First Movement-The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
Second Movement-The Story of the Kalandar Prince
Side Two
Third Movement-The Young Prince and the Young Princess
Fourth Movement-Festival at Bagdad/Shipwreck
In my opinion, this and many other classical albums on the Disneyland label should be remastered and reissued for future generations.
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