The Music of Russia II

Music by Rachmaninov and so remarkable is the range of Russian music especially in the 20th century that we’re devoting another whole other episode to Russia. Sergei Prokofiev to start with most famous I suppose these days for his ballet, Romeo and Juliet, for Alexander Niefski, for Lieutenant Kijé, all those incredible, colorful great big orchestral scores including things like the very first piano concerto that he wrote as a composition piece when he was still at music college.