Shéhérazade is a song cycle of three poems for (mezzo) soprano (or tenor) and orchestra (or piano), completed in 1903 by French composer Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937). The songs are based on the exotic texts of the French poet Tristan Klingsor, and evoke Persia of days gone by. I have a strong preference for the female voice in this work, and an even stronger preference for the orchestral version rather than the piano. The version shown above is by Elly Ameling and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Edo de Waart on a Philips CD.
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