Description

In this intriguing work, Hinson explores how the essence of Russian music is often rooted in folk traditions and influenced by Oriental motifs. He highlights the unique harmonies and chord progressions that set Russian compositions apart from conventional European musical forms.

Songs / Content

• A Funny StoryDmitri Shostakovich (composer)
• A Musical Snuff-Box [Op. 32]Anatol Liadov (composer)
• Arabesque [Op. 67, No. 1]Anton Arensky (composer)
• Bagatelle [Op. 5, No. 1]Alexander Tcherepnin (composer)
• Ballet of the Chickens in Their ShellsModest Mussorgsky (composer)
• Berceuse [Op. 20, No. 8]César Cui (composer)
• Cat on a SwingAram Khachaturian (composer)
• Danse Orientale [Op. 2, No. 5]Vladimir Rebikov (composer)
• Faded Page [Op. 31, No. 1]Nicolai Miaskovsky (composer)
• Four ImprovisationsSergei Rachmaninoff (composer)
• Harlequin [Op. 34, No. 8]Reinhold Glière (composer)
• In the MonasteryAlexander Borodin (composer)
• Mazurka in A MinorMikhail Glinka (composer)
• Mazurka in C MinorMikhail Glinka (composer)
• Miniature, "Small Song"Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (composer)
• Prelude [Op. 38, No. 2]Dmitri Kabalevsky (composer)
• Prelude in E-Flat Major [Op. 16, No. 4]Alexander Scriabin (composer)
• Promenade [Op. 65, No. 2]Sergei Prokofiev (composer)
• Reverie [Op. 39, No. 21]Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer)
• Romance in E-Flat [Op. 44, No. 1]Anton Rubinstein (composer)
• SonatinaAlexander Goedicke (composer)