Works on This Recording
1.
Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture by Mikhail Glinka
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1842; Russia
Date of Recording: 1963
Length: 5 Minutes 6 Secs.
2.
A Life for the Tsar: Overture by Mikhail Glinka
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834-1836; Russia
Date of Recording: 1977
Length: 9 Minutes 31 Secs.
3.
Prince Igor: Overture by Alexander Borodin
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869-1887; Russia
Date of Recording: 1963
Length: 10 Minutes 21 Secs.
4.
Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moscow River by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872-1880; Russia
Date of Recording: 1963
Length: 6 Minutes 33 Secs.
5.
Sadko: Introduction by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895-1896; Russia
Date of Recording: 1963
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
6.
May Night: Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1879; Russia
Date of Recording: 1963
Length: 8 Minutes 29 Secs.
7.
Tsar's Bride: Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Russia
Date of Recording: 1963
Length: 6 Minutes 14 Secs.
8.
Maid of Pskov "Ivan the Terrible": Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868/1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1963
Length: 6 Minutes 19 Secs.
9.
Rusalka: Overture by Alexander Dargomizhsky
Conductor:
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848-1855; Russia
Date of Recording: 1971
Length: 6 Minutes 13 Secs.
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Authentic stuff June 25, 2014
By William W. (Sewickley, PA) See All My Reviews
"At least the Russians have the good sense to use the cardboard/soft plastic CD containers that I wish had been used by all since day 1 of the CD era. They have informative booklets, no plastic hinges to break off, no plastic containers to crack. The teeth hold the CD firmly. As to the music on this one, Svetlanov is in his element here, and I wonder why the Overture to "Ivan Susanin" (originally "A Life for the Tsar", but Soviet heads couldn't allow such a word) is not more popular. I like it even better than "Ruslan und Ludmila". The "Prince Igor" Overture, Dawn on the Moscow River, and the 4 Overtures/Preludes by Rimsky-Korsakov ("Sadko", "May Night", " Tsar's Bride" & "Maid of Pskov") are all quasi-warhorses, but Svetlanov does a good job with them. Oddly, the "Rusalka" Overture by Dargomyzsky is monophonic, even though Melodiya gives a recording date of 1971 (maybe from a broadcast, though no evidence of that). All the other items have recording dates from 1963 to 1977, in very acceptable stereo."
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