The Mighty Bunch-The Five

[qpalqpal]

I've been really interested in Russian culture, and especially classical music for awhile ever since I studied the history of the last Tzar of Russia. Having done some reading, I found out that Glinka was the pioneer of Russian Classical music. After him came the Five (Borodin, Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Balakirev, Cui), who took to making Russian art music. In this compilation I am creating , I have deliberately left out Tchaikovsky because that goes into a different direction.

I've compiled these works:
Glinka:

• Kamarinskya
• Ruslan and Ludmilla

Borodin:

• Symphony 2
• In the Steppes of Central Asia

Mussorgsky:

• Pictures at an Exhibition

Balakirev:

• Islamey

Rimsky-Korsakov:

• Scherzade

Anyways, I am compiling the popular works of these composers to get a sense of what the music is like. Is there anything I should look out for? Should I just listen through, or have some sort of reference?

Esteban

[j_menz]

You cold look out for some Cui. He's always being left out and is actually pretty good. 

[ale_ius]

Was highly recommends to me for 'backgrounds informations' purpose.  Very well written (I feels one of best) short histories and writes of Russian music, discuss the composers you study and other.  
 
attaches of PDF below.



popular Glinka (from Moscow Conservatory Channel, very goods videos!)

piano version of his Waltz

--Alee Marie.

[qpalqpal]

Was highly recommends to me for 'backgrounds informations' purpose.  Very well written (I feels one of best) short histories and writes of Russian music, discuss the composers you study and other.  
 
attaches of PDF below.



popular Glinka (from Moscow Conservatory Channel, very goods videos!)

piano version of his Waltz

--Alee Marie.

Thank you so much!! This is a great help. Only 6 pages?! This is great. I will take a look.

Again, so many thanks,

Esteban Enrique

[yale_music]

The traditional tale of Glinka as the father of Russian music is true in one sense, in that he was the first Russian composer to succeed on the international scale, but there's a big question: what do you mean by "Russian"? Glinka was trained in Italy and Germany, and his music has all of the accompanying stylistic features. So if you're looking for something distinctly Russian, and by that you mean music with Russian folk influences, compound meters, etc., then Glinka isn't your guy.