Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...

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The title "Mlada" may be obscure, but many of the piece's musical and dramatic elements are apt to be familiar to listeners. Rimsky-Korsakov's extravagantly fanciful 1892 opera, which forms the climax ...

Despite the meagre amount of his music heard regularly today, Rimsky-Korsakov’s place in Russian music cannot be overstated. Compared with the music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, a meagre amount of ...

The Music: Outside Russia, Rimsky-Korsakov’s music is little known beyond the exotic oriental world of his orchestral suite Scheherazade. The good news is that there’s plenty more where this came from ...