Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Part One
Monday 7 July 2008 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Monday 7 July 2008 20:45-21:45 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod explores Rimsky-Korsakov's early years. As a teenager, the composer was nicknamed 'beautiful child' by his colleagues in the loose collective of composers known as 'The Mighty Handful' and was seen by many of them as the brightest hope for the future of Russian music.
Playlist
Rimsky-Korsakov: Song of the Grain (from The Snow Maiden)
Bolshoi Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Lazarev
Erato 4509917232,
Track 3
Rimsky-Korsakov: Concertstuck for clarinet and military band
Solve Kingstedt (clarinet), Stockholm Concert Band, conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Chandos CHAN9444
Track 5
Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasy on Serbian Themes
The USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov
Olympia OCD211
Track 3
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No.2 'Antar'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dmitri Kitajenko
Chandos CHAN 6613(2),
CD 1 Tracks 5-8
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