The Best of Russian Classics
5 CD set (Classical Gold)

CD1 (61:04)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker – Suite, Op. 71a

1. No. 7: Dance of the Reed Flutes

Piano Pieces, Op. 2
2. No. 3 in F major: Souvenir de Hapsal (Chants sans paroles)

Waltz
3. Waltz

The Seasons, Op. 37b
4. June: Barcarolle in G minor (Andante cantabile)

Piano Piece, Op. 40
5. Chanson triste

Piano Piece, Op. 10
6. Humoresque

Songs
7. No. 1: Sleep, My Little Child (Lullaby)

The Nutcracker – Suite, Op. 71a
8. No. 4: Russian Dance (Trepak)

Modest Mussorgsky

9. Une larme (A Tear)

10. Hopak

Reinhold Glière

11. Harlequin

12. Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 32

Anatoly Lyadov

13. Bagatelle in D-flat major, Op. 30

14. The Musical Snuffbox, Op. 32 (Waltz)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

15. Prelude No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 No. 1 (Largo)

16. Prelude No. 6 in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 (Alla marcia)

17. Moments musicaux No. 3 in B minor, Op. 16 (Andante cantabile)

18. Étude-tableau No. 5 in E-flat minor, Op. 33 (Appassionato)

19. Morceaux de fantaisie No. 4 in F-sharp minor, Op. 3: Polichinelle

CD2 (56:17)

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

1. Allegretto

2. Moderato con moto

3. Allegro non troppo

4. Adagio

5. Moderato

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
6. Largo – Allegro molto – Allegretto – Largo – Largo

CD3 (53:24)

Alexander Scriabin

Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)

1. Andante – Presto

Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
2. Sonata

Mily Balakirev

3. Islamey – Oriental Fantasy

Nikolai Myaskovsky

Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 13
4. Sonata

5. Vögelein

CD4 (51:50)

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

1. Largo

2. Allegro molto

3. Allegretto

4. Largo

5. Largo

Alexander Borodin

String Quartet No. 2 in D major
6. Allegro
7. Scherzo: Allegro
8. Nocturne: Andante
9. Finale: Andante – Vivace

CD5 (63:18)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

1. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai

2. Tema con variazioni

3. Finale: Allegro risoluto

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor (“Trio élégiaque”)
4. Lento lugubre