Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Music

One of the Five, the leading group of 19th century Russian nationalist composers, Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) embarked at first on a career as a naval officer. He later resigned from service to devote himself entirely to music. Mainly known for his symphonic works, Rimsky-Korsakov´s oeuvre also includes operas, chamber works, piano music and songs. Rimsky-Korsakov was a brilliant orchestrator and generously spent some of his time completing and revising works by fellow-composers, such as Borodin´s opera Prince Igor and some of Mussorgsky´s music. He was a very popular teacher at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, now named after him. The chief influences on Rimsky-Korsakov´s orchestral music were Balakirev, the leader of the Five, and Liszt. While his songs belong to the standard repertory of Russian singers, Rimsky-Korsakov´s solo piano and chamber music has not entered the canon. Worth noting, apart from the Piano Concerto Op. 30, are the composer´s own piano-duo arrangements of his most well-known orchestral works Sheherazade and Capriccio Espagnol, and of course the famous Flight of the Bumblebee (from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan), transcribed by Rachmaninoff.

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Total pieces by Rimsky-Korsakov: 4

Title	Key	Published	Type	Level
Scherzino - op 11 no 3	A Major	1877	Piece	8
Romance - op 15 no 2	A-flat Major	1876	Piece	7
Transcriptions The Flight of the Bumblebee has emerged as the most famous passage from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan. The music occurs in the opera when Prince Gvidon consents to be turned into a bumblebee by a magical Swan, whose life he saved in his youth. The piece has been arranged many times for piano and various other instruments and ensembles.
Flight of the Bumble Bee (arr by Oborin)	A Minor	-	Piece	8+
Flight of the Bumble Bee (arr by Rachmaninoff)	A Minor	-	Piece	8+

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