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Carl Nielsen's Aladdin Suite is full of this sort of good old, 'naive' exoticism. The Marketplace movement has different kinds of music playing at once, which is a pretty modern touch, and nicely evocative of a bustling place where different cultures meet. (See the video's information for movement titles etc)
If you enjoy those Rimsky-Korsakov works, you'll probably enjoy Borodin's "From the steppes of Central Asia". It paints the picture of a Russian caravan (symbolized by a Russian melody) meeting an Oriental caravan (symbolized by an 'oriental' melody). It's not as heavy on the orientalism as something like Scheherazade (which is a much longer work anyway), but it's a beautiful piece of music.
If you enjoy those Rimsky-Korsakov works, you'll probably enjoy Borodin's "From the steppes of Central Asia". It paints the picture of a Russian caravan (symbolized by a Russian melody) meeting an Oriental caravan (symbolized by an 'oriental' melody). It's not as heavy on the orientalism as something like Scheherazade (which is a much longer work anyway), but it's a beautiful piece of music.
