Modest Mussorgsky:

Music from Russian Operas

Many pieces of music from Russian operas have become much more famous in the concert hall than on the opera stage. Some of these pieces include Tchaikovsky's Waltz and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Alexander Borodin’s Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor, and Sergei Prokofiev’s march from The Love for Three Oranges.

Music heard in this episode:

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Polonaise
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture
Rimsky - Korsakov: Mlada: Procession of the Nobles
Prokofiev: Love for 3 Oranges: March
Tchaikovsky: Euguene Onegin: Waltz
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Polonaise
Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Rimsky - Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Sultan: Flight of the Bumblebee

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