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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a prolific composer of
orchestral works and many other forms of music, including chamber
works and art songs. He also wrote many operas, excerpts from which
are featured in this collection.
Contents include the famous orchestral interlude "The Flight of the
Bumblebee" as well as the suite from "The Tale of Tsar Saltan."
This fanciful opera was based on Aleksandr Pushkin's poem, "The
Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr
Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan."
Additional selections include the suite from another work inspired
by Pushkin's poetry, " The Golden Cockerel," a controversial satire
of the disastrous effects of the tsarist regime. Nikolai Gogol's
"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" served as the basis for"
Christmas Eve," a tale of magical doings on Christmas Eve. The
final suite is from "Dubinushka," Op. 62, a work rooted in a song
the composer overheard protesters singing during the 1905
revolution. Musicians and music lovers will appreciate this
inexpensive collection of popular works, all reproduced from
authoritative sources.
(Brass Ensemble). A great showy encore piece for the advanced
quintet, recorded by the Canadian Brass.
Marc Albrecht conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in
this 2012 production of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera. Svetlana
Ignatovich stars as Fevroniya, a young peasant who prays that the
city of Kitezh will become invisible so that it will be saved from
the invading Tatars. Though her wish is granted, Svetlana is taken
by the enemy. The rest of the cast includes John Daszak, Vladimir
Vaneev and Maxim Aksenov.
Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus in this
performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, directed by Anna
Matison. The cast includes Vladimir Feliauer as King Dodon, Andrei
Ilyushnikov as Vladislav Sulimsky, Aida Garifullina as the Queen of
Shemakha and Andrei Popov as the Astrologer.
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