Russian Overtures And Orchestral Works - Pletnev

Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev: conductor

Borodin: Prince Igor Overture
Glazunov: Ouverture solenelle, Op. 73
Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture
Kabalevsky: Overture 'Colas Breugnon' Op. 24
Liadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56 / The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moscow River
Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 - suite (Introduction)
Rimsky Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride Overture / Le Coq d'Or - Suite
Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96
Tchaikovsky: Overture in F major
N. Tcherepnin: La Princesse lontaine: Prelude / The Enchanted Kingdom: Prelude

This stunning 2CD set includes a mix of the familiar and the not-so-familiar: Liadov’s exquisite miniature tone poems and Glinka’s effervescent overture to Ruslan and Ludmila rub shoulders with a rare Tchaikovsky overture and two preludes by Tcherepnin. All the composers represented here had a deep knowledge of the traditional music of Mother Russia and every work on these discs has an unmistakable Russian sound, irrespective of whether it was composed under the Tsars or the Soviet regime.