Orchestra : Shéhérazade (Ouverture)

Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie op.17

« Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie », written in 1898 but unpublished, is a work for orchestra by the french composer Maurice Ravel, intended as the overture for an opera of the same name. It was first performed at a concert of the Société Nationale on 27 May 1899, conducted by the composer.

Conductor: Claudio Abbado & London Symphony Orchestra.