The Mighty Five

More than 200 recordings featuring music by Mily Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — who have come to be known historically as “The Mighty Five” or “The Mighty Handful,” are on sale now at ArkivMusic!

Sale ends at 9:00am ET, Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

  • Myaskovsky: Cello Sonatas / Kehayova, Miller
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    A lifelong friend of Prokofiev and frequently performed outside of Soviet Russia in his lifetime, Nicolay Myaskovsky is best known today for his 27 symphonies. His lyrical and intensely passionate First Cello Sonata was one...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 16, 2021

  • Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Etc / Kuchar, Et Al
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    These brilliant, hard-driving performances bring back (happy) memories of Russian orchestras of the 1960s and a style of playing that has all but disappeared. The performances aren't subtle, but then neither is the music, and...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 01, 2003

  • Mussorgsky, Gershwin & Wild: Piano Works / Moser
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    Benjamin Moser writes of his new program with Avi: “I have had the idea for this project since 2016. For the occasion of the 10th anniversary of my prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition and of...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 19, 2019

  • Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Nagano, Gothenburg Symphony
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    Modest Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov stands out among the major works of the opera repertoire in having an extremely complex creative history. The original libretto, by the composer himself, was based closely on Pushkin’s Shakespeare-inspired drama...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: September 06, 2019

  • Mussorgsky: Unorthodox Music / Booth, Glynn
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    First Percy Grainger: Folk Music, then Edvard Grieg: Lyric Music, and now Modest Mussorgsky: Unorthodox Music – a logical sequence in soprano Claire Booth’s and pianist Christopher Glynn’s growing AVIE discography, interspersing a selection of...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 15, 2021

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden / Tcherniakov, Orchestre et Choeurs de l’opera national de Paris [Blu-Ray]

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    Snegurochka (Snowmaiden), the daughter of Spring and Winter, dreams of a life amongst the humans; but the bitter Sun, looking for revenge, plans to use the fire of love to make her melt away... The...


    Format: Default Title

    Release Date: May 28, 2021

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko / Zangiev, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra [Blu-ray]
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    In the 13th century, the rich merchants of Novgorod mock the dreams of far-away journeys and of commercial conquests brought forth by Sadko, a musician and singer. But Volkhova, the Sea King’s daughter, is enchanted...


    Format: Blu-Ray

    Release Date: November 12, 2021

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh / Albrecht, Netherlands Opera Philharmonic
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    Note: The Blu-ray version is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players. Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera is a fanciful fairytale, yet at the same time a parable on repression and political...


    Format: DVD, Blu-Ray

    Release Date: January 28, 2014

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko / Zangiev, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra [DVD]
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    In the 13th century, the rich merchants of Novgorod mock the dreams of far-away journeys and of commercial conquests brought forth by Sadko, a musician and singer. But Volkhova, the Sea King’s daughter, is enchanted...


    Format: DVD

    Release Date: November 12, 2021

  • Russian Opera Classics [6 Blu-ray]
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    This Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players. Also available on standard DVD This incredible box set presents the best of Russian opera. Included in the...


    Format: Blu-Ray

    Release Date: March 25, 2016

  • The Philip Smith Collection, Album 1
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    From the New York Philharmonic's in-house label come three separate and distinct albums of orchestral fare that highlights the trumpet, including eleven complete concertos, all featuring the orchestra's longstanding and recently retired principal trumpet chair,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 12, 2015

  • Rimsky-korsakov: Christmas Eve, Etc / Golovschin, Moscow So
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    RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve / Night on Mount Triglav


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 04, 1998

  • Russian Spectacular / Shui, Singapore Symphony
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    This album of orchestral showpieces features four of the five members of the Mighty Handful, a group of Russian composers who, during the second half of the 19th century, collaborated to create a distinct national...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: April 09, 2021

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashchey the Immortal
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    In November 1900, the music journalist Yevgeny Petro-vsky gave Rimsky-Korsakov his libretto, entitled Prince Ivan, which is loosely based on Russian folk tales about a mean and ugly wizard. Despite being initially interested in the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 16, 2021

  • Russian Treasures & Northern Lights / Schwarz
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    The All-Star Orchestra gives you a front row seat to the world’s greatest music, performed by top players chosen from over 30 great American orchestras, and conducted by Gerard Schwarz. The programs feature complete performances...


    Format: DVD

    Release Date: September 08, 2017

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