Russian


Anton Stepanovitch Arensky
Born: 11 AUG 1861 in Nijny-Novgorod, Russia
Died: 25 FEB 1906 in Terioki, Finland
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Piano Quintet; Piano Trio; String Quartet #1 in G; String Quartet #2 in A Minor
CONCERTO:
For Piano and Orchestra; For Violin and Orchestra
OPERA:
A Dream on the Volga; Nal and Damayanti; Raphael
SYMPHONY:
#1 in B Minor; #2 in A


Mily Alexeivich Balakirev
Born: 02 JAN 1837 in Nijny-Novgorod, Russia
Died: 29 MAY 1910 in St. Petersburg, Russia
ORCHESTRAL:
Overture on Three Russian Themes; Russia; Tamara
PIANO:
Islamey


Alexander Porphyevich Borodin
Born: 12 NOV 1833 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: 28 FEB 1887 in St. Petersburg, Russia
OPERA:
Prince Igor
ORCHESTRAL (OTHER):
In the Steppes of Central Asia; Polovetzian Dances
SYMPHONY:
#1 in E-flat; #2 in B Minor; #3 in A Minor


César Cui
Born: 18 JAN 1835 in Vilna, Russia
Died: 14 MAR 1918 in St. Petersburg, Russia
CHAMBER MUSIC:
String Quartet in C Minor
OPERA:
A Feast in the Time of Plague; Angelo; The Captive in the Caucasus; The Captain's Daughter; The Mandarin's Son; William Ratcliffe
ORCHESTRAL:
Marche Solennelle; Petite Suite; Tarantella


Michael Ivanovich Glinka
Born: 01 JUN 1804 in Novospasskoï, Russia
Died: 26 FEB 1856 in Berlin, Germany
OPERA:
A Life for the Tsar; Russian und Ludmilla
ORCHESTRAL:
A Summer Night in Madrid; Jota Aragonese; Kararinskaya; Tarentella


Anatol Constantinovich Liadov
Born: 11 MAY 1855 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: 28 AUG 1914 in St. Petersburg, Russia
ORCHESTRAL:
The Bride of Messina; Baba Yaga; Dance of Amazons; From the Apocalypse; Kikimora; Polonaise in D; Skorbnaya Pean; The Enchanted Lake; The Fairy Lake


Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky
Born: 21 MAR 1861 in Karevo, Russia
Died: 28 MAR 1879 in St. Petersburg, Russia
OPERA:
Boris Godounoff; Khovanstchina; The Fair at Sorotchintsi; The Marriage
ORCHESTRAL:
A Night on Bald Mountain; Pictures at an Exhibition


Sergei Prokofiev
Born: 01 APR 1873 in Sontsovka, Russia
Died: 05 MAR 1953 in Moscow, Russia
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 94; Sonata for Violin #1 in F Minor, Op. 80
CONCERTO:
For Piano and Orchestra #3 in C, Op. 26
ORCHESTRAL (OTHER):
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67; Scythian Suite, Op. 20; The Love of Three Oranges, Op. 33A
SYMPHONY:
#2 in D Minor; #3 in C Minor: 'Lieutenant Kiji'; #4 in C Major; #5 in B-flat Major; #6 in E-flat Minor; #7 in C-sharp Major


Sergei Rachmaninoff
Born: 23 APR 1891 in Novgorod, Russia
Died: 28 MAR 1943 in Beverly Hills, Cal., U.S.A.
CONCERTO:
For Piano and Orchestra #1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1; For Piano and Orchestra #2 in C Minor, Op. 18; For Piano and Orchestra #3 in D Minor, Op. 30
ORCHESTRAL (OTHER):
Op. 23: No. 1-8; Op. 32: No. 1-12; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini


Nicholas Andreievich Rimsky-Korsakoff
Born: 18 MAR 1844 in Novgorod, Russia
Died: 21 JUN 1908 in St. Petersburg, Russia
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Quintet for Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Horn, and Piano; String Quartet; String Sextet
OPERA:
A Night in May; Kitezh; Mlada; Mozart and Salieri; Sadko; The Golden Cockerel; The Maid of Pskov; The Snow Maiden; The Tale of Tsar Saltana
ORCHESTRAL (OTHER):
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36; Scheherezade, Op. 35; Serbian Fantasy
SYMPHONY:
Antar; First; In C Minor


Anton Rubinstein
Born: 28 NOV 1829 in Volhynia, Russia
Died: 20 NOV 1894 in Peterhof, Russia
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Octet in D; String Sextet in F for Piano and Wind; Quintet in G Minor for Piano and Strings; Piano Quartet in C
ORCHESTRAL (OTHER):
Caprice for Violin and Orchestra; Caprice Russe for Piano and Orchestra; Romance for Violin and Orchestra
OVERTURE:
Anthony and Cleopatra; Don Quixote; Faust; Ivan IV; La Russie; Suite in E-flat; Triomphale
OPERA:
Christus; Das Verlorene Paradies; Der Papagei; Die Kinder der Heide; Die Makkabäer; Dimitri Donskoi; Gorjushka; Moses; Nero; The Demon; Unter Räubern
SYMPHONY:
In A Minor; In D Minor; In F; In G Minor; Dramatic; Ocean


Igor Stravinsky
Born: 17 JUN 1882 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: 06 APR 1971 in New York City, U.S.A.
CONCERTO:
For Sixteen Instruments in E-flat: 'Dumbarton Oaks'; For Strings in D; For Piano and Wind Instruments; For Violin and Orchestra
ORCHESTRAL (OTHER):
Firebird Suite; Pétrouchka; Symphony in Three Movements


Peter Ilitch Tschaikovsky
Born: 07 MAY 1840 in Votinski, Russia
Died: 06 NOV 1893 in St. Petersburg, Russia
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Piano Trio in A Minor
CONCERTO:
For Piano and Orchestra #1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23; For Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 35
OPERA:
Eugen Onegin; Iolanthe; Mazeppa; Pique-Dame; The Enchantress; The Guardsman; The Maid of Orleans; Undine; Vakoula; Voyevod
ORCHESTRAL (OTHER):
Capricio Italien; Fatum; Francesca da Rimini; Hamlet Overture; La Tempête; Manfred; Marche Solennelle; Mozartiana; Roméo and Juliette; Serenade for Strings; Sérénade Mélancholique; Suite Charactéristique; Triomphale Ouverture
SUITE FROM BALLET:
'Nutcracker'; 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'Swan Lake'
SYMPHONY:
#1 in G Minor: 'Winter Daydreams'; #2 in C Minor: 'Litttle Russian'; #3 in D Major: 'Polish'; #4 in F Minor, Op. 36; #5 in E Minor, Op. 64; #6 in B Minor, Op. 74: 'Pathétique'; #7 in E-flat Major