Opera in three acts by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mark Elder introduces excerpts from ' this charming Ukrainian Midsummer Night's Dream the story of which was taken by the composer from a collection of stories by Nicolai Gogol. It's a fascinating and unusual mixture of love, magic and Ukrainian country life, and for it Rimsky has written one of his most colourful, lively and evocative scores.
AND ORCHESTRA, conducted by VLADIMIR FEDOSEYEV : records