Scheherazade, by Rimsky-Korsakov:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNymNaTr-Y
A fine performance of the full work by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the LSO’s principal conductor, Valery Gergiev.
More on the background of the piece here.
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“Shéhérazade” by Rimsky-Korsakov, third movement, performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Kurt Masur:
The explosive final movement is also well worth a listen.
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