RCA's "golden age" was more like a "golden minute" - in a scant period, roughly from 1958 to 1963, the beginning of the stereo era - pure vacuum tube amplification helped produce recordings demonstrating unparalleled fidelity and warmth, lifelike presence and midband illumination.

The jewel in the Living Stereo crown. This recording of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite Scheherazade, like the Respighi is considered one of the very best LPs by Fritz Reiner, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and RCA's crew. Another Mohr and Layton classic!

"…The second movement is just ravishing in the beauty of the Chicago's playing and Reiner's romantic approach; there is some staccato triple-tonguing done by trumpeter Adolph Herseth in the fourth movement that should leave you, if not him, breathless. But let it just be said that, after you hear this, no other Scheherazade will ever replace it in your affections." - HP's The Golden Dozen LPs / Harry Pearson, The Absolute Sound, June/July 2007

Packaged in the original tip-on jacket facsimiles that precisely duplicate the original cover art, including the "Living Stereo" logo, LSC numbers and "Shaded Dog" label. These new versions are clearer than the originals and warmer and richer than past reissues! Multi-channel/Stereo SACD playable on all CD players.

Composer – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Conductor – Fritz Reiner

Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1.  The Sea And Sinbads Ship

2.  The Story Of The Kalender Prince

3.  The Young Prince And The Young Princess

4.  Festival In Bagdad; The Sea; The Ship Goes To Pieces On A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrior