Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote orchestral music steeped in Russian folk colour and fairy-tale narrative, with a gift for bright, precise orchestration. Short showpieces such as The Flight of the Bumble Bee and Song of India travel easily into arrangements for almost any instrument.
His larger scores, including Scheherazade and Capriccio Espagnol, turn exotic harmony and rhythm into vivid storytelling. Operas and orchestral suites draw on legend and the sea, while his command of woodwind and brass colour shaped how Russian music sounds in the concert hall. The same glitter and agility that define the famous bumble-bee flight run through the lyrical orientalism of pieces such as Hymn to the Sun.
Compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov appear on
Golden Sounds
Ian King returns to the studio once more to enthrall us with the golden sounds of his tuba. Featuring works by Falla, Corelli, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin and much more!
Concert Organ Masterpieces
Masterpieces from the concert organ repertoire performed on the magnificent organ at St John's Church, Toorak, Melbourne. The works included were drawn from Thomas Heywood's series of annual Grand Organ Concerts at the church.
Flight
This disc from Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble draws on the more virtuosic, lively and passionate items in the repertoire of the ensemble. The idea of flight is evoked in the choice of many of the pieces, notably "The flight of the bumble bee" and "The witches". All the other pieces in one way or another echo, with their energy and vitality, the rapture of flights of fancy.