Nikolaevsky / Zlobina / Moscow Symphony Orchestra Two Dances For Orchestra - Piano Music - Songs CD

The Roaring Twenties roared in Russia as well as in Europe and America, to an extent generally unsuspected in the west. This CD reveals for the first time the light music of a minor master of the day, Matvey Nikolaevsky (1882-1942), whose songs and dances were hits in the early years of the Soviet Union. His style evolved effortlessly from the salon music of the late nineteenth century to the foxtrots, Charlestons and tangos popular during the relatively liberal New Economic Policy introduced by Lenin in 1921 and which Soviet audiences continued to enjoy after the NEP was abolished by Stalin in 1928.

1. Nocturne in C minor 2. Fantasia on the Russian Folksong Korobeiniki 3. Oh Come, Have Mercy - Gypsy Romance 4. I Dreamt of Evening Skies 5. To Admire You Forever 6. Csardas 7. Gypsy Dance 8. Victory March 9. Heroic March 10. The Snuff-Box. a Musical Box for Piano 11. A Day on the Volga: Musical Picture 12. Tango Satanique 13. Charlie-Fox: Charleston 14. Jou-Re: Boston Waltz 15. Miss Evelyn: Foxtrot (Shimmy, Two-Step) 16. Hey, Enough of That! 17. Old Sofron on the Bench 18. The Road Runs Wide Through the Fields 19. A Bell Jingles Under the Shaft-Bow - Russian Song