RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Scheherazade / SMETANA, B.: The Bartered Bride: Overture and Dances
St. Louis Symphony, Semkow, Susskind
VOX-NX-3043CD

Raymond Bisha’s podcast spotlights two classic recordings in the Vox Audiophile Edition that were first released in the mid-1970s and feature two former music directors of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in their prime – Walter Susskind, who directs orchestral extracts from Smetana’s opera The Bartered Bride, and Jerzy Semkow, who leads a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, one of the most popular suites in the entire orchestral canon.