Alexander Golovin: Chaliapin as Farlaf, one of the knights in Ruslan & Ludmila
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Glinka‘s tempo mark is Presto, and Gergiev and the Mariinsky take it very seriously!
May Night, Rimsky-Korsakov. Definitely a successful hybrid:
A passionate and committed performance of Tchaikovsky‘s Hamlet Fantasy Overture – just what it needs?
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