The title "Mlada" may be obscure, but many of the piece's musical and dramatic elements are apt to be familiar to listeners. Rimsky-Korsakov's extravagantly fanciful 1892 opera, which forms the climax ...

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...

The composer's early life as a sailor informed his evocative music for Sinbad and other tales from the Arabian Nights. I want to tell you a story…but there’s more to this tale than words! It’s a story ...

In its full nationalistic stride, the Soviet Union last week got around to honoring the man who did more than any other to make Russian music Russian—genial, bush-bearded Nikolai Andreievich ...

As if the idyllic setting in a stunning Alpine valley weren't enough, cellist Mischa Maisky had to add more beauty to the mix, by playing some of his native Russian songs on cello. He's joined by ...

Rachmaninoff was a world-renowned pianist who toured his whole life. From a recording he made in 1929, we hear Rachmaninoff himself play Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. And from there, we ...