Rimsky-Korsakov rules!

[Alban Berg]

Well...If you don't LOVE R-K don't come here.

R-K is one of my preferred composers.

He composed 15 marvelous operas, 3 symphonies, a few concertos and some poems like Scheherazade, Russian Easter, Spanish Capriccio...

I have almost all his music. If you want to learn, be welcome, if you want to teach you're more than welcome!

Best regards.

Martin (Alban Berg)

 

[wljmrbill]

Welcome to the forums. I will agree that he has some great music as to rules I am not so sure. being an organist.

 

[Ghekorg7 (Ret)]

Hallo Martin and welcome to the forums:wave:

Hmmm, a very hard statement for your opening post
I don't think Rimsky wanted to rule anything, just to create beautiful music !

Also keep in mind that in the Russian tradition (which I love) there are the names of Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rahmaninov, Prokoviev and Stravinsky that prevent anyone to actually rule !

As far as I reccon, in these forums Admin team rules !:grin:

Have fun
Panos

 

[marval]

Hello Martin

Welcome to this great place, glad you could join us.

Do you have a favourite Rimsky-Korsakov piece?


Margaret

 

[Alban Berg]

Hallo Martin and welcome to the forums:wave:

Hmmm, a very hard statement for your opening post
I don't think Rimsky wanted to rule anything, just to create beautiful music !

Also keep in mind that in the Russian tradition (which I love) there are the names of Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rahmaninov, Prokoviev and Stravinsky that prevent anyone to actually rule !

As far as I reccon, in these forums Admin team rules !:grin:

Have fun
Panos

Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov feed them!
He composed 15 beautiful operas...I could get all of them.
Rimsky-Korsakov rules..not in North America...who rules in USA, Obama?....LOL

Martin

 

[Alban Berg]

I like his operas

Hello Martin

Welcome to this great place, glad you could join us.

Do you have a favourite Rimsky-Korsakov piece?


Margaret

He was mainly an opera compsoer as Wagner, Verdi and Puccini.

Rimsky-Korsakov's and Tchaikovsky's operas are the most popular in Russia. I went two times to Russia.

Bye.

Martin

 

[Alban Berg]

yes, I do

Hello Martin

Welcome to this great place, glad you could join us.

Do you have a favourite Rimsky-Korsakov piece?


Margaret

Tsar's bride (opera)
Story ot tsar Saltan (opera, Pushkin)
May night (opera, Gogol)
Christmas eve (opera, Gogol)
Pan Voyevoda (opera)
The golden cockerell (Opera, Pushkin)
Mlada (Opera)
The snow Maiden (opera, Serov)


and many others...
R-K was an opera composer as Wagner,Verdi and Puccini...in North America we know his low profile works...The idea here is to make you know the real Rimsky-Korsakov.

Martin

 

[Ghekorg7 (Ret)]

Hallo Martin .

SEHRAZADE !!!

Have fun
Panos

 

[Alban Berg]

I see....

It is frustrating to observe how people know just his most "American promoted works", Scheherazade, Spanish Capricio, Russian Easter, The flight of the bumblebee...BUT This is not the real R-K, he's like Wagner an opera composer! His chamber music is not that good, his symphonies are nice though but his operas are excellent.

Some examples here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLdi56TWaEE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rrt8UppVxc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQdzTz0d6pY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7h_kKnXLmg

In Russia he still rules...Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov are every year at the Bolshoi several times.

Sincerely,

Martin

 

[Alban Berg]

Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov feed them!
He composed 15 beautiful operas...I could get all of them.
Rimsky-Korsakov rules..not in North America...who rules in USA, Obama?....LOL

Martin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rrt8UppVxc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7h_kKnXLmg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxVlk2unHs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7kPdPeaw0Q&feature=related

Do you like it?

Look for more!

Buy some DVDs!

He's awesome.

Martin

 

[Alban Berg]

Gogol

Gogol wrote many of the stories about operas you know:

The nose (Shostakovich)
May Night (R-K)
Christmas eve (R-K) and Cherevicki (Tchaikovsky)
The Market of Sorochinsky (Mussorgsky)
and more...

Russian musicians and writer are related...

Look at that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOPOCiF0Y34&feature=related

Martin

 

[Contratrombone64]

Alban Berg. I have to agree, just love Sadko, Mlada and Christmas Eve, such gorgeous scores. I've also heard the Golden Cockerel (in recording only). My national opera company is such a risk taker NOT that they stick to the money making crap: Boheme, Tosca, Aida, Figaro et cetera.

 

[Alban Berg]

Great surprise!

Alban Berg. I have to agree, just love Sadko, Mlada and Christmas Eve, such gorgeous scores. I've also heard the Golden Cockerel (in recording only). My national opera company is such a risk taker NOT that they stick to the money making crap: Boheme, Tosca, Aida, Figaro et cetera.

Indeed many you have mentionned are crap for me too...Not Figaro! I love the two figaros, tired of drama, I enjoy very much Rossini's Barber and Mozart's wedding...Many R-K are comedies too...

Christmas eve (R-K) and Oprichnik (Tchaikovsky) are awesome. I have both on DVD, The Christmas eve is a weird version (non commercial in English) but better than nothing.

I'd love to see them here! But Montreal is the crappest place for opera...Just the very well known all the time...Why? Easy, people have no knowledge and they don't want to take any risk. In Buenos Aires where I am from, they have always a 25% of risky operas...
The golden cockerel is awesome...But you can buy many R-K operas on DVD...and if you're not very rich (Neither am I) go to

http://premiereopera.com/search.aspx?find=rimsky-korsakov+dvd&log=false&category=2

I preferred to buy commercial because of the subtitles...and to be honest, R-K are too important for me! amazon.com is not SO expensive. If you need suggestions about the versions, do not hesitate...It will be a real pleasure.



Best

Martin

 

[Contratrombone64]

Yeah, I mean when was the last time the Met or Covent Garden or La Scala put on a R-K opera?

 

[Alban Berg]

Cherevichki

Yeah, I mean when was the last time the Met or Covent Garden or La Scala put on a R-K opera?

Cherevichki (Tchaikovsky) was last year ate the Covent Garden...At the Met they passed Snegurotchka I can't say when...

About Alla Scala...their reputation is to be safe...

Martin