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.

  • Heroes and Villains - Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Orbelian, Philharmonia Of Russia
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    Heroes and Villains - Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Orbelian, Philharmonia Of Russia

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    Dedicated to Delos Founder Amelia Haygood, this glorious, passionate programme showcases Hvorostovsky at his professional best, in an operatic treasure-trove of must-have arias. On this 73-minute CD, 'the greatest baritone of our time' is partnered...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2007

  • The Horror Maze: Music of Bach, Mussorgsky, Berlioz, Stravinsky & More
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    The Horror Maze: Music of Bach, Mussorgsky, Berlioz, Stravinsky & More

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    Includes Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565; Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain; Stravinsky's Infernal Dance from The Firebird; Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre; Chopin's funeral march from Sonata no. 2; Berlioz's "dream...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 1999

  • RUSSIAN DANCES
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    RUSSIAN DANCES

    $7.99 Regular price $12.99

    Classical Music


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 01, 1993

  • Tchaikovsky: Seasons (The) / Borodin: Petite Suite
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    Tchaikovsky: Seasons (The) / Borodin: Petite Suite

    $10.99 Regular price $22.99

    Classical Music


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 1995

  • Mussorgsky, M.P.: Pictures At An Exhibition / Ravel, M.: Gas
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    Mussorgsky, M.P.: Pictures At An Exhibition / Ravel, M.: Gas

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    Import Hybrid-SACD pressing.


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: April 01, 2008

  • Rimsky Korsakov: May Night / Chistiakov, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
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    Rimsky Korsakov: May Night / Chistiakov, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

    $11.99 Regular price $17.99

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) composed his comic opera May Night in 1878-9, at a time when he was fascinated in the stories for the supernatural and the fantastic. It was also at this time that he...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 01, 2010

  • The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 5
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    The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 5

    $18.99 Regular price $29.99

    Classical Music


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 1992

  • Orchestral Music (Russian) - Glinka, M.I. / Rimsky-Korsakov,
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    Orchestral Music (Russian) - Glinka, M.I. / Rimsky-Korsakov,

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    Orchestral Music (Russian) - Glinka, M.I. / Rimsky-Korsakov,


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 18, 2007

  • Borodin, A.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
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    Borodin, A.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

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    Borodin, A.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 13, 2007

  • Mussorgsky, M.P.: Boris Godunov (Excerpts) (Sung in German)
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    Mussorgsky, M.P.: Boris Godunov (Excerpts) (Sung in German)

    $10.99 Regular price $16.99

    Mussorgsky, M.P.: Boris Godunov (Excerpts) (Sung in German)


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 01, 2003

  • Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 4 / Walker
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    Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 4 / Walker

    $12.99 Regular price $19.99

    This fourth volume in Nicholas Walker’s complete edition of Balakirev’s piano music is structured around his three Scherzos, which take us from the youthful influence of Chopin and Liszt in the First Scherzo, to the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 10, 2019

  • Taneyev: Suite de Concert - Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasia on 2 R
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    Taneyev: Suite de Concert - Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasia on 2 R

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    Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is the quintessential national virtuoso showpiece, but other Russian composers have contributed strongly to the genre of works for solo violin and orchestra. Tchaikovsky's student Taneyev, who rose to eminence in Moscow,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 09, 2019

  • Balakirev: Complete Piano Works Vol 1 - Sonatas / Nicholas Walker
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    Balakirev: Complete Piano Works Vol 1 - Sonatas / Nicholas Walker

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    Volume 1 of the complete Piano Sonatas of Mily Balakirev includes the first recording of Op. 3 and the first recording of Op. 5 using the original manuscript and without the mistakes to be found...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 28, 2013

  • A Musical Journey - Crimea / Russia / Uzbekistan
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    A Musical Journey - Crimea / Russia / Uzbekistan

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    A Musical Journey - Crimea / Russia / Uzbekistan


    Format: DVD

    Release Date: April 30, 2013

  • A Musical Journey – Italian Festival: A Musical Celebration
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    A Musical Journey – Italian Festival: A Musical Celebration

    $8.99 Regular price $13.99

    Scenes of Italy range from the bay of Sestri Levante in Liguria to the Tuscan vineyards of Montepulciano, Florence and Venice. The music chosen for this tour of Italy is chiefly from foreign composers who...


    Format: DVD

    Release Date: June 25, 2013