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Composer of the Week: Rimsky-Korsakov

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Rlmsky at the Opera
Piers Burton-Page introduces Rimsky-Korsakov's final operatic works.
Suite: Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
0 Vain Illusion of Glory and Grandeur (Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh) Boris Christoff (bass), Philharmonia, conductor Wilhelm Schuchter
Suite: The Golden Cockerel
Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev
Repeated next Friday 12 midnight

Contributors

Conductor:
Edward Downes
Bass:
Boris Christoff
Conductor:
Wilhelm Schuchter
Conductor:
Mikhail Pletnev
Source: Radio Times

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