The Best of Rimsky-Korsakov

The Best of Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1844 -- 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1908) Rimsky-Korsakov believed, as did fellow composer Mily Balakirev and critic Vladimir Stasov, in developing a nationalistic style of classical music. This style employed Russian folk song and lore along with exotic harmonic, melodic and rhythmic elements in a practice known as musical orientalism, and eschewed traditional Western compositional methods. However, Rimsky-Korsakov appreciated Western musi