Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Editorial Conventions
- Bartók: Piano Concerto No.1
- Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2
- Bartók: Dance Suite
- Beethoven Symphonies: Some Supplementary Remarks
- Beethoven: Overture Leonore No.2
- Beethoven: Overture Leonore No.3
- Beethoven: Overture King Stephen
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Berlioz: Harold in Italy
- Berlioz: Overtures
- Bloch Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
- Brahms: Four Symphonies
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor, Op.15
- Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances: A Brief Guide
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.26
- Busoni: Piano Concerto, Op.39
- Debussy: Prélude À L’Après-Midi D’un Faune
- Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso, Op.66
- Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op.78
- Dvořák: Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op.11
- Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E, Op.22
- Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), Op.36
- Elgar: Concert-Overture Froissart
- Elgar: Concert-Overture Cockaigne
- Elgar: Concert-Overture in the South (Alassio)
- Elgar: Sea Pictures
- Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op.20
- Fauré: Fantaisie for Flute, Orch. Louis Aubert
- Franck: Symphony in D Minor
- Haydn: Symphonies with High Horns
- Haydn: Symphony No.100 in G (‘Military’)
- Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D (‘London’)
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Flat
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A
- Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor
- Martinù: Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in a Minor, Op.56 (‘Scottish’)
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in a, Op.90 (‘Italian’)
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64
- Mendelssohn: Overture The Hebrides (‘Fingal’s Cave’), Op.26
- Mozart: Piano Concertos
- Mussorgsky, Orch. Ravel Pictures from an Exhibition
- Nielsen: Sinfonia Espansiva (Symphony No.3)
- Prokofiev: Classical Symphony (Symphony No.1, Op.25)
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
- Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E Minor, Op.27
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18
- Ravel: Piano Concerto
- Ravel: La Valse
- Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
- Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
- Respighi: Fontane Di Roma
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonic Suite: Scheherazade, Op.35
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
- Rossini: Overture William Tell
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78
- Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1 in a Minor, Op.33
- Schubert: Overture Die Zauberharfe, D.644 (‘Rosamunde’)
- Schumann: Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120
- Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op.52
- Schumann: Cello Concerto in a Minor, Op.129
- Schumann: Overture Genoveva, Op.81
- Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat, Op.107
- Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43
- Sibelius: Symphony No.3 in C, Op.52
- Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in a Minor, Op.63
- Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E Flat, Op.82
- Sibelius: Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104
- Sibelius: Symphony No.7 in C, Op.105
- Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op.47
- Sibelius: Tapiola, Op.112
- Smetana: Má Vlast: 2. Vltava
- Smetana: Má Vlast: 3. Šárka
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op.40
- Strauss: Horn Concerto No.1 in E Flat, Op.11
- Strauss: Oboe Concerto
- Strauss: Metamorphosen: Study for 23 Solo Strings
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op.17
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.3 in D, Op.29
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E Minor, Op.64
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op.74, ‘Pathétique’
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35
- Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture After Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
- Tippett: Symphony No.2 in C
- Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
- Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No.3)
- Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
- Wagner: Prelude Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
- Walton: Cello Concerto
- Weber: Overture Der Beherrscher Der Geister
- Weber: Overture Der Freischütz
- Weber: Overture Oberon
- Bibliography
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Editorial Conventions
- Bartók: Piano Concerto No.1
- Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2
- Bartók: Dance Suite
- Beethoven Symphonies: Some Supplementary Remarks
- Beethoven: Overture Leonore No.2
- Beethoven: Overture Leonore No.3
- Beethoven: Overture King Stephen
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Berlioz: Harold in Italy
- Berlioz: Overtures
- Bloch Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
- Brahms: Four Symphonies
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor, Op.15
- Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances: A Brief Guide
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.26
- Busoni: Piano Concerto, Op.39
- Debussy: Prélude À L’Après-Midi D’un Faune
- Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso, Op.66
- Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op.78
- Dvořák: Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op.11
- Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E, Op.22
- Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), Op.36
- Elgar: Concert-Overture Froissart
- Elgar: Concert-Overture Cockaigne
- Elgar: Concert-Overture in the South (Alassio)
- Elgar: Sea Pictures
- Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op.20
- Fauré: Fantaisie for Flute, Orch. Louis Aubert
- Franck: Symphony in D Minor
- Haydn: Symphonies with High Horns
- Haydn: Symphony No.100 in G (‘Military’)
- Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D (‘London’)
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Flat
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A
- Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor
- Martinù: Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in a Minor, Op.56 (‘Scottish’)
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in a, Op.90 (‘Italian’)
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64
- Mendelssohn: Overture The Hebrides (‘Fingal’s Cave’), Op.26
- Mozart: Piano Concertos
- Mussorgsky, Orch. Ravel Pictures from an Exhibition
- Nielsen: Sinfonia Espansiva (Symphony No.3)
- Prokofiev: Classical Symphony (Symphony No.1, Op.25)
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
- Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E Minor, Op.27
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18
- Ravel: Piano Concerto
- Ravel: La Valse
- Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
- Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
- Respighi: Fontane Di Roma
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonic Suite: Scheherazade, Op.35
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
- Rossini: Overture William Tell
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78
- Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1 in a Minor, Op.33
- Schubert: Overture Die Zauberharfe, D.644 (‘Rosamunde’)
- Schumann: Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120
- Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op.52
- Schumann: Cello Concerto in a Minor, Op.129
- Schumann: Overture Genoveva, Op.81
- Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat, Op.107
- Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43
- Sibelius: Symphony No.3 in C, Op.52
- Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in a Minor, Op.63
- Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E Flat, Op.82
- Sibelius: Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104
- Sibelius: Symphony No.7 in C, Op.105
- Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op.47
- Sibelius: Tapiola, Op.112
- Smetana: Má Vlast: 2. Vltava
- Smetana: Má Vlast: 3. Šárka
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op.40
- Strauss: Horn Concerto No.1 in E Flat, Op.11
- Strauss: Oboe Concerto
- Strauss: Metamorphosen: Study for 23 Solo Strings
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op.17
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.3 in D, Op.29
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E Minor, Op.64
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op.74, ‘Pathétique’
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35
- Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture After Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
- Tippett: Symphony No.2 in C
- Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
- Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No.3)
- Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
- Wagner: Prelude Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
- Walton: Cello Concerto
- Weber: Overture Der Beherrscher Der Geister
- Weber: Overture Der Freischütz
- Weber: Overture Oberon
- Bibliography
Summary
It has often been said that the best Spanish music was written by French and Russian composers, and this is well exemplified by Capriccio espagnol. It was composed in the summer of 1887 while Rimsky was working on Borodin's opera Prince Igor (see Scheherazade above), though owes its inspiration more to the success of his Fantasy on Russian Themes (1886) for violin and orchestra, which he thought to follow up with one on Spanish themes. He got as far as sketching out the whole piece before abandoning it in favour of an orchestral work, though retaining the themes together with their virtuoso instrumentation. In his autobiography he declared immodestly: “My intention was that the Capriccio should glitter with the virtuosity of its orchestral colour and it would seem that I was not mistaken.” Fair enough, perhaps; at its first performance in October, under the composer's direction, all five movements were encored and he dedicated the work to the musicians of the enthusiastic orchestra, all of whose names are listed individually on the title page of the original edition of the score.
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A Autograph score (1887), in the National Library of Russia, St Petersburg
E,P First edition score and parts, published by Belaieff in 1888, score reprinted identically in miniature by both Boosey & Hawkes and Eulenburg; first page of music has bars 1–4
F Reprint of E by Belaieff, in clearer, more modern type, reprinted by Kalmus; first page of music has bars 1–5
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- Orchestral Masterpieces under the Microscope , pp. 390 - 393Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2023