THIS is a wonderful excerpt of a 1978 recording of Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in a performance of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, a symphonic suite based on The Arabian Nights. I am going to refrain from politically incorrect observations at this time. I don’t want to bore you, offend talented female musicians or insult conductors who think they are above wearing a tuxedo.

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