Rimsky Korsakov: Suites & Overtures
Rimsky Korsakov
USSR Symphony
Evgeni Svetlanov
“..excellent performances of some captivatingly colourful music. (Russian Easter Festival) splendidly exuberant playing from players who naturally have the stuff of the music in their bones…marvellous gravity and resonance. …(Dubinushka) only a trifle, but quite a rare one. Rimsky-Korsakov heard the song during the 1905 “revolution” – both his liberal instincts and his musical invention were fired …scored by the master hand and very effective (The Golden Cockerel) excellently played under Svetlanov (he has a marvellously strangled trumpet for the cock-crow) ”.
( © Gramophone)
Suite from Coq d’Or[2] Tsar Dodon at his Palace 11:08[3] Tsar Dodon on the March 4:40[4] Tsar Dodon at the Queen of Shemakha’s home 7:53[5] Dodon’s Wedding and Unhappy End 6:16
*Suite from “Snow Maiden”[6] Birds’ Dance 3:02[7] Tsar Berendei’s Procession 2:00[8] Dance 3:25
*Two pieces from “Pan Voyevoda”[9] Nocturne 4:30[10] Polonaise 6:18
From “The Maid of Pskov”[11] In the Woods, Tsar’s Hunt and Storm 7:58[12] Russian Easter Festival Overture 14:18