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.

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Overtures, Suites / Bakels, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
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    Rimsky-Korsakov: Overtures, Suites / Bakels, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

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    Includes work(s) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Ensemble: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kees Bakels.


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 01, 2006

  • Rimsky-korsakov: Sheherezade, Tsar Saltan / Enrique Bátiz
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    Rimsky-korsakov: Sheherezade, Tsar Saltan / Enrique Bátiz

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    RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sheherazade / The Tale of Tsar Saltan


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 11, 1993

  • Rimsky-korsakov: Snow Maiden / Fedoseyev, Tchaikovsky So
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    Rimsky-korsakov: Snow Maiden / Fedoseyev, Tchaikovsky So

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    Sokolik/Arkhipova/Sakharenko/Fedoseyev/Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra.


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2008

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Boughton, Philharmonia Orchestra
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    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Boughton, Philharmonia Orchestra

    $10.99 Regular price $16.99

    Classical Music


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 01, 1996

  • Rimsky-korsakov: The Maid Of Pskov, Etc / Golovchin, Moscow
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    Rimsky-korsakov: The Maid Of Pskov, Etc / Golovchin, Moscow

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    Rimsky-Korsakov: Maid of Pskov (The) / Fairy Tale


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 01, 2001

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar's Bride / Barenboim, Peretyatko, Tomowa-Sinto, Kranzle, Cernoch
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    Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar's Bride / Barenboim, Peretyatko, Tomowa-Sinto, Kranzle, Cernoch

    $15.99 Regular price $32.99

    Also available on Blu-ray Based on an historical case, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride takes place in the suburbs of Moscow during the reign of Tsar Ivan IV, “the Terrible”, during the latter half of...


    Format: DVD

    Release Date: September 25, 2015

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar's Bride / Barenboim, Peretyatko, Tomowa-Sinto, Kranzle, Cernoch [Blu-ray]
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    Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar's Bride / Barenboim, Peretyatko, Tomowa-Sinto, Kranzle, Cernoch [Blu-ray]

    $20.99 Regular price $42.99

    This Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players. Also available on standard DVD Based on an historical case, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride takes place in...


    Format: Blu-Ray

    Release Date: September 25, 2015

  • Russian Recital / Jorge Federico Osorio
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    Russian Recital / Jorge Federico Osorio

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    Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, praised by The New York Times for “the sweep and freshness of his readings,” offers a richly pictorial recital on his first-ever recording of Russian masterworks for solo piano. Mussorgsky’s original...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 10, 2015

  • Russian Arias
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    Russian Arias

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    The Bulgarian-born mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova fairly quickly became a crowd favorite early in her professional career at the Zurich Opera House, reaching international stardom soon after with her Salzburg Festival debut in 1991. During the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 09, 2015

  • Saxofolk / Berlage Saxophone Quartet
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    Saxofolk / Berlage Saxophone Quartet

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    Classical Music


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: February 01, 2014

  • Silk Road /  Bostock, Argovia Philharmonic
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    Silk Road / Bostock, Argovia Philharmonic

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    The Silk Road connecting China with Europe since ancient times has always been a medium of cultural exchange between East and West – reflected here in a trio of works - Alexander Borodin’s well-known “In...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: January 27, 2015

  • Steinberg: Passion Week; Rimsky-korsakov: Chants For Holy Week / Lingas, Cappella Roman
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    Steinberg: Passion Week; Rimsky-korsakov: Chants For Holy Week / Lingas, Cappella Roman

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    Cappella Romana presents the last major sacred work composed in Russia after the imposition of Communism: Passion Week by Maximilian Steinberg. Born into a Jewish family in Vilnius, Steinberg became the student and son-in-law of...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 20, 2017

  • Stokowski Transcriptions - Bach, Wagner, Mussorgsky / Serebrier, Bournemouth SO
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    Stokowski Transcriptions - Bach, Wagner, Mussorgsky / Serebrier, Bournemouth SO

    $34.99 Regular price $53.99

    Disc 5 of this set is a bonus disc titled "Serebrier on Stokowski." Reviews of the original recordings which make up this set. "Stokowski's Bach transcriptions have received a great deal of attention on disc...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 27, 2010

  • Stravinsky: Petruschka; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Jansons, BRSO
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    Stravinsky: Petruschka; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Jansons, BRSO

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    Two well-known masterpieces of Russian music complement each other perfectly on the latest release of Mariss Jansons and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Recorded November 2014 (Mussorgsky) and April 2015 (Stravinsky) at concerts in the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 13, 2015

  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
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    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker

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    2000 release. The Nutcracker Christmas Eve narrated by Prunella Scales with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Halasz & the Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Golovschin.


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 01, 2001