Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Marche Slave; Mussorgsky: Night on Bare Mountain; Mussorgsky (arr. Stokowski): Symphonic Synthesis from Boris Godunov; Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Tchaikovsky (Artist), Mussorgsky (Artist), Borodin (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 14, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000004262
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,248 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 1812 Overture - Chor of the Welsh Nat Opr/ Band of the Grendier Guards/ Royal Phil Chor & Orch

2. Night on the Bare Mountain - London SO

3. Polovtsian Dances- Prince Igor - Chor of the Welsh Nat Opr/ Royal Phil Chor & Orch

4. Boris Godunov - Orch de la Suisse Romande

5. Marche slave - London SO

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goof collection of Russian music under Stoki's baton, July 25, 2009

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This review is from: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Marche Slave; Mussorgsky: Night on Bare Mountain; Mussorgsky (arr. Stokowski): Symphonic Synthesis from Boris Godunov; Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Audio CD)

Well, this cd is getting pricy, and I hope my giving five stars to it won't make its price even higher.

I basically bought it for Stokowski's arrangement of Boris Godunov. I heard this many years ago. This is a masterpiece. There are some other performances from Stokowski's arrangement under other conductors, but, no, they can't match his conducting. Stokowski was an expert of Russian music, and I think this CD does justice to him. The only thing missing here is his arrangement of Khovanshchina (available only in a DECCA set). There is also an interesting symphonic arrangement of Boris Gudunov - though shorter - by SHostakovich (conducted by Gergiev). The remastering is pretty good.