Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian composer, naval officer and teacher, and a central member of the group known as The Five. Born in Tikhvin, he combined musical imagination with a famously disciplined command of orchestration.
His works include Scheherazade, Capriccio espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, operas such as The Golden Cockerel and Sadko, and a Piano Co...
WAGNER Preludes & Orchestral Excerpts
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
GOLDMARK In Springtime Overture
J. STRAUSS II Four Waltzes
SUPPÉ Poet And Peasant Overture
THOMAS Mignon Overture
music by Elgar, Sibelius, Handel, Mendelssohn et al
Studio recordings, 1916-1926
Total duration: 2hr 30:36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
VARIOUS COMPOSERS Short works and excerpts
Recorded by Victor between 1926 and 1928
Total duration: 65:06
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Alfred Hertz
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Studio recording · c.1961/62
Total duration: 1hr 57:29
Aleksey Korolev - Tsar Dodon
Yuri Yelnikov - Tsarevich Gvidon
Aleksandr Polyakov - Tsarevich Afron
Moscow Radio Soloists, Choir
and Opera Symphony Orchestra
Aleksey Kovalev & Yevgeny Akulov, conductors
Music by
Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Mozart, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Wagner and more
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Studio & live recordings, 1936-1945
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Church Scene from Christmas Eve
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture
Studio and live recordings, 1936-1945
Total duration: 2hr 1:35
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
LISZT Les Préludes
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
STRAVINSKY The Firebird – Suite (1919 Version)
Recorded 1928
Total duration: 75:16
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Oskar Fried, conductor
