Russian Favorites: Great classical music from Russian composers

Get in touch with your inner Russian with this dramatic playlist of classical masterpieces from the greatest minds in Russian music.

Playlist:

00:00
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Nazareth, conductor

01:54
Mikhail Glinka
Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Antonio de Almeida, conductor

07:10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
10 Preludes, op. 23: No. 5
Idil Beret, piano

11:09
Peter Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Scene
Philharmonia Cassovia
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

13:46
Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Nazareth, conductor

21:49
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn - Adagio
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor

25:33
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije Suite: IV. Troika
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kosice
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

28:30
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard, conductor

38:01
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

51:58
Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Nazareth, conductor

1:03:51
Peter Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings: II. Waltz
Ukrainian Chamber Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

1:07:32
Peter Tchaikovsky
Slavonic March
Philharmonia Cassovia
Johannes Wildner, conductor

1:16:37
Peter Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin, Act III, Scene I: Polonaise
Philharmonia Cassovia
Johannes Wildner, conductor

1:21:27
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2: I. Allegro
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser

1:28:19
Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian Dances
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Nazareth, conductor

1:41:01
Peter Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Philharmonia Cassovia
Johannes Wildner, conductor

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