Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim – Polowetzer Tänze = Polovtsian Dances ▪ Eine Nacht Auf Dem Kahlen Berge = Night On Bald Mountain ▪ Russische Ostern = Russian Easter Overture ▪ Capriccio Espagnol (VG+/VG+) – LP, DE 1977

Polowetzer Tänze = Polovtsian Dances ▪ Eine Nacht Auf Dem Kahlen Berge = Night On Bald Mountain ▪ Russische Ostern = Russian Easter Overture ▪ Capriccio Espagnol is an LP by Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1977 released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

About this album

Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony bring fiery precision and full orchestral colour to these Russian showpieces. Recorded in 1977, the programme sets Mussorgsky’s Night on the Bare Mountain and Russian Easter Overture alongside Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, works that thrive on rhythmic attack, lyrical contrast and brilliant orchestration. Daniel Barenboim, then in a formative period as a major conductor, draws taut phrasing and strong momentum from one of America’s great orchestras, resulting in a performance that highlights the music’s theatrical sweep as well as its melodic richness. It is a commanding survey of late-Romantic orchestral spectacle.