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 to enthral us once more with the golden sounds of his tuba, in arrangements of Falla, Corelli, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin and more.
Concert Organ Masterpieces
Masterpieces from the concert organ repertoire, played by Thomas Heywood on the restored Hill organ at St John’s Church, Toorak. The programme draws on his 1997 Grand Organ Concerts at the church.
Flight
Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble gathers its more virtuosic, lively and passionate repertoire under the idea of flight. Flight of the Bumble Bee and Le Streghe (The Witches) lead the way; the remaining works answer with energy and vitality that suggest flights of fancy.