de Sabata "Le Mille e una Notte"

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Maybe somebody will be intersted to:
"Sounds of the 30s". Decca 476 4832 (Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus; S.Bollani piano) Ravel, Stravinsky, Weill, de Sabata.
The curiousity here is a substantial (at least in length: 27' 53") suite from the ballet "Le mille e una notte" (Thousand and one nights-1931) by Victor de Sabata.
Here the great conductor (remembered mostly for some overly Straussian tone poems) delivers a light score, almost Gershwinian, resembling Broadway musicals. Catchy and tuneful (even if not with outstandingly memorable tunes).
Since 2009 exists a (good) Universal recording of the complete ballet (lasting almost '80); Orch. Giuseppe Verdi conducted by Francesco Maria Colombo (a former critic turned...conductor).
Coming back to the Chailly , maybe its content will appear odd as (alongside with some short Weills and Stravinskys) the "main dish" is Ravel' s Concerto in G (well) played by the jazz pianist Stefano Bollani (who previously recorded not only Gershwin's Rhapsody and Concerto, but also Poulenc's Concerto Champetre in the optional piano version, maybe the first since Emil Gilels).