Russian masterworks in arrangements by Hywel Davies, Nicholas Hare, and Christopher Norton. Includes works by Borodin, Glinka, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Moussorgsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.

Contents: BORODIN: Polovtsian dance • String Quartet No. 2, Nocturne • GLINKA: Russlan and Ludmilla, Overture • KABALEVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 3 Theme from 2nd mvt. • KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance • Masquerade, Waltz • Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia • MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade • PROKOFIEV: Cinderella, Cinderella’s waltz • Lieutenant Kije, Troika • Peter and the Wolf, Peter’s theme; The Cat; Hunter’s Theme • Romeo and Juliet, Montagues and Capulets • RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2, Theme from 2nd mvt. • Vocalise • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sheherazade, The young prince and the young princess • SHOSTAKOVICH: The Gadfly, Romance • Jazz suite No. 2, Second Waltz • PIano Concerto No. 2, Theme from 2nd mvt. • Symphony No. 5, theme from 2nd mvt. • STRAVINSKY: The Fairy’s Kiss, Theme • Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Fragment • TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers • Swan Lake, Scene act 2 • Symphony No. 5 Theme from 2nd mvt.