The Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Music Store

Rimsky-Korsakov's gravestone, St Petersburg, Russia

Photos of Rimsky-Korsakov's gravestone at the
Tikhvin Cemetery,
Alexander Nevsky Monastery,
St Petersburg, Russia
Taken 15 July 2002 ©Kim Headlee



This gravestone stands in gentle contrast to the black marble used for other composers in the same cemetery, such as Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Mussorgsky and Glinka.
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Rimsky-Korsakov's gravestone, St Petersburg, Russia

This angle shows the plaque for Nicolai's wife, who appears to have survived him by 11 years. Many thanks to Lyle Neff at the University of Delaware for deciphering her name, Nadezhda Nikolaevna (maiden name Purgol'd). For a larger image, click here (348 Kb).

As an Amazon.com associate, I am in the process of making available reference works and music of my great-great-grand-uncle, Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

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Attention, Musical Score Collectors

After having received numerous requests for finding copies of Rimsky-Korsakov's musical scores, I have located a fantastic source: Elibron.

This site features more than 40,000 musical scores, including many of Rimsky-Korsakov's works. Most of them are facsimile reprints, but as such they are quite inexpensive (the operas, for example, fall in the $8-$12 range for vocal-piano scores), and Elibron offers preview pages so you can judge the facsimile quality for yourself.

Direct links to Elibron's list of available Rimsky-Korsakov works can be found HERE (items 1-50) and HERE (items 51-53, and counting).

I get nothing for directing you to this site except the pleasure of helping a fellow Rimsky-Korsakov fan!


Books by or About Rimsky-Korsakov


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A Critical Study of the Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, 1844-1890 (Outstanding Dissertations in Music from British Universities), Steven Griffiths(*) At the Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, Norma Mayer & Richard (audio CD) Boris Godunov/Rimsky-Korsakov/Vocal Score/K06353, Musorgsky (*)
Boris Godunov in Full Score (Rimsky-Korsakov Version), Modest Petrovich Musorgsky Capriccio Espanol and Other Concert Favorites in Full Score, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Gogolian Interludes: Gogol's Story "Christmas Eve" as the Subject of Operas by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, Philip Taylor (*)
My Musical Life, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ed. Carl Van Vechten (*) New Grove Russian Masters II, Ed. Gerald Abraham Nicolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov:A Guide to Research (Garland Composer Resource Manuals, No. 17), Ed. Gerald Seaman (*)
Piano Solos Volume II, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Duets Volume 2, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Principles of Orchestration, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Reminiscences of Rimsky-Korsakov, Vasilii Vasilevich Yastrebtsev and Florence Jonas Rimsky-Korsakov: A Short Biography, Gerald Ernest Heal Abraham Rimsky-Korsakov Composer of Romantic Russian Music, Ethel Westphal (*)
Rimsky-Korsakov Music Book Index, Gerald Abraham Rimsky-Korsakov New York 1917, Montagu-Nathan Rimsky-Korsakov/Scheherazade, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov/Scheherazade [Abridged], Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Intro by David Lodge Rimsky-Korsakov/Scheherazade Score and Sound Masterworks, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Opus 35, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade in Full Score, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Didn't find a title you're looking for? Click here:

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Videos

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Mlada, 1994 Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Great Russian Composers series Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Naxos Musical Journey Series DVD, with Sadko
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Other Music Collections

Titles are CD media unless otherwise noted.
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Antar
Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar; Ippolitov-Ivanov, et al / Abravanel Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"; Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 2 Antar, Maazel
Ballets/Dances
Exotic Dances From the Opera/Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra
Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
100 Masterpieces Vol 9 - Top 10 of Classical Music 1877-1893 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol Boléro and other Spanish Favourites, Alexis Emanuel Chabrier The Classic Sound - Espańa / Argenta, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexis Emanuel Chabrier, et al
Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky: The Comedians; Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol/ Kondrashin Dorati Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin, London Symphony Orchestra LSO Classic Masterpieces - Spanish Spectacular, London Symphony Orchestra Orchestral Spectacular - Capriccio Espagnol, etc / Mogrelia
Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, 1994 Rapsodie Espagnole / Lehel, Budapest Symphony Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Stravinsky Romantic Evening Music
Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat / Chicago Pro Musica
Christmas Eve
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Rimsky-Korsakov:Christmas Eve / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertos
Francaix, Taneyev, Rimsky, Moser: Clarinet Concertos Rimsky-Korsakov, Husa & Prokofiev / Albany Records, 1997 Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky / J. Campbell The Romantic Piano Concerto, vol. 5
Horn Quartets
Artôt, Bozza, Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, et al: Horn Quartets (Hungaroton/White Label) The Instruments of Classical Music Vol 4- The Horn    
Le Coq D'Or Suite
Battle Music / Ondrej Lenard, CSR Symphony Orchestra ("King Dodon on the battlefield") Dorati Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin, London Symphony Orchestra Great Pianists of the Golden Era / Rubinstein, Godowsky, etc Music and Revolution - Russian Classical Music 1890-1917 ("Bridal procession")
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Le Coq d'Or, and Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges (Op. 33) Romantic Violin Favorites    
Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
Albert Coates conducts A Russian Festival Battle Music / Ondrej Lenard, CSR Symphony Orchestra ("Massacre at Kerzhentz")    
Maid of Pskov
Kalinnikov Symphony #1; Rimsky-Korsakov overtures and orchestral pieces from "Maid of Pskov" and "The Noblewomen Vera Sheloga"
Mlada
100 Fiedler Favorites ("Procession of the Nobles") Brass around the World / Prince of Wales Brass Ensemble ("Procession of the Nobles") It's Good to be King, 1996 audio CD ("Procession of the Nobles") Music and Revolution - Russian Classical Music 1890-1917
Mussorgsky & Rimsky-Korsakov, includes Mlada's "Procession of the Nobles" as well as Flight of the Bumblebee, Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherezade, and works edited by Rimsky-Korsakov The Beautiful World Of Classical Music Vol 7 - Russia ("Cortège")
Noblewomen Vera Sheloga
Kalinnikov Symphony #1; Rimsky-Korsakov overtures and orchestral pieces from "Maid of Pskov" and "The Noblewomen Vera Sheloga"
Pan Voyevoda Suite
Marco Polo - The Label of Discovery
Piano
Arensky: Piano Trio in D; Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet Glinka: Grand Sextet; Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet for Piano Oleg Volkov - All Russian (Chopsticks Paraphrases) Rimsky-Korsakov, Beethoven: Piano Quintets; Berwald
Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky / J. Campbell The Romantic Piano Concerto, vol. 5    
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
Dorati Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin, London Symphony Orchestra Scheherazade, Russian Easter Overture, Matacic 1958 Songs and Dances - Nationalism in Music Petrouchka
Sadko, Op. 5
Romantic Music for Flute & Harp, János Bálint, Nóra Mercz ("Song of the Indian Guest") 100 Fiedler Favorites ("Song of the Indian Guest") Romantic Violin Favorites  
Scheherazade, Op. 35
Great Recordings Of The Century - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra A Russian Festival, Black Dyke Mills Band (Scheherazade's 3rd movement only) Music for Meditation Vol 3 (Scheherazade's 2nd movement only) Great Orchestral Melodies (Scheherazade's 1st & 4th movements only)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, with Borodin's Prince Igor excerpts / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Kalinnikov / Neeme Järvi Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky / Stokowski Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Barenboim
Romantic Adagio / Karajan (Scheherazade's 3rd movement only) Scheherazade, etc -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Bizet Romantic Violin Favorites Romantic Classics Vol. 2 (Scheherazade's 3rd movement only)
Scheherazade/L'Oiseau -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky (CD of 1928 recording; conductor Oskar Fried) Scheherazade; Stravinsky/Stokowski (Testament) Scheherazade; Respighi/Muti, Philadelphia Scheherazade; Sibelius, et. al./Dorati (PGD/Mercury Classics)
Snow Maiden
The Beautiful World Of Classical Music Vol 7 - Russia ("Dance of the Tumblers") Heroines ("To the Woods", "Final Aria") Power Classics! Vol 6 ("Dance of the Tumblers") Black Dyke Mills Band Celebrate 150 Years ("Dance of the Tumblers")
Tutti! - Orchestral Sampler ("Dance of the Tumblers")
Strings
The Art of Nathan Milstein - Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorák, etc (Fantasy on 2 Russian Themes for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 33) The Lyric Quartet - Rimsky-Korsakov: Works for string quartet    
Symphony No. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 3, etc./London Symphony Orchestra, et al
Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee

Autumn Songs - Popular Works for Solo Piano / John O'Conor 10-Year Jubilee / Christian Lindberg 4 X / Göran W Nilson Balalaika Favorites / Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Double Bass Parade - Koussevitsky, et. al. (Hungaroton / White Label) Flute Follies - Quinntette Aria de Paris British Bandsmen Centenary Concert Heifetz Violin - Greatest Hits (BMG/RCA Victor)
Legendary Treasures - Nathan Milstein Collection Vol 1 Music and Revolution - Russian Classical Music 1890-191 Lollipops/Patrick Sheridan, Rich Ridenour (Summit) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Ravel: Boléro
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5; Rimsky-Korsakov March from Tsar Saltan Suite, Previn Strings - Isaac Stern - Wieniawski, Sarasate, Bizet, et al Presto! - World's Fastest Classics Nathan Milstein - Vignettes/Leon Pommers (EMD/EMI Classics)
The Art of Nathan Milstein - Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorák, etc The Beautiful World Of Classical Music Vol 7 - Russia Trumpet Concertos Vol 9 Unforgettable Classics - Handel, Grieg, et al
The Tsar's Bride
The Young Yehudi Menuhin- The HMV Recordings 1929-30 ("Haste thee, mother mine" only)
Vocals
Alma Gluck - Verdi, Zeller, Bellini, Rimsky-Korsakov, et al (arias from Sadko & The Tsar's Bride) Amelita Galli-Curci - The Complete Victor Recordings 1930 ("The Song of the Indian Guest"/Sadko) Artists of the Century - Mario Lanza ("The Song of the Indian Guest"/Sadko) The 20 Tenors ("The sun descends"/May Night)
Beniamino Gigli - the complete Victor recordings Volume 3 ("The Song of the Indian Guest"/Sadko) Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Pirogov (arias from Sadko, the Tale of Tsar Saltan & the Tsar's Bride) Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Pirogov ("Song of the Venetian Guest"/Sadko) Bolshoi-Gala / Peter Feranec, Bolshoi Theatre ("Levko's Aria"/May Night)
Les Vendredis - Rimsky-Korsakov, et al / Dante Quartet("Berceuse"/Sadko) Prima Voce - Great Singers at the Mariinsky Theatre ("The Nightingale & the Rose") Prima Voce - Björling ("The Song of the Indian Guest"/Sadko) Prima Voce - Divas 1906-1935 ("How painful here"/Snow Maiden)
Rosa Ponselle -- 1939 Victor and 1954 Villa Pace Recordings ("The Nightingale & the Rose") Rosa Ponselle -- The Columbia Acoustic Recordings ("Song of the Indian Guest"/Sadko) Prima Voce - Schipa in Song ("Berceuse"/Sadko) Vocal Archives - Feodor Chaliapin ("The Prophet")
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Rimsky-Korsakov-Only Collections

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Revised 25 March 2009