A Tribute to the Mighty Handful

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Label
Delos
Release Date
May 13, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUSSORGSKY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Russian Guitar Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      RUSSIAN GUITAR QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Kavkazskiy plennik (A Prisoner in the Caucasus), Act III: Danses Circassiennes (arr. O. Timofeyev for guitar quartet)

      Composer: César Cui

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    2. Kapitanskaya dochka (The Captain’s Daughter): Cossack Dances (arr. O. Timofeyev for guitar quartet)

      Composer: César Cui

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    3. Boris Godunov: Potpourri (arr. O. Timofeyev for guitar quartet)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    4. Mazurka No. 3 in B Minor (arr. V. Sobolenko for guitar quartet)

      Composer: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    5. Polka in F-Sharp Minor (arr. V. Sobolenko for guitar quartet)

      Composer: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    6. Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor), Act II: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (arr. O. Timofeyev for guitar quartet)

      Composer: Alexander Borodin

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    7. No. 1. Kak po lugu, lugu (Along the Meadow)

      Composer: Alexei Stepanov

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    8. No. 2. U vorot, vorot batiushkinykh (By My Father's Gate)

      Composer: Alexei Stepanov

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    9. No. 3. Nadoeli nochi, naskuchili (I Am Tired Of Those Nights)

      Composer: Alexei Stepanov

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    10. No. 4. Pod iabloniu zelionoiu (Under the Green Apple Tree)

      Composer: Alexei Stepanov

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet

    11. Scheherazade in Spain

      Composer: Viktor Sobolenko

      Ensemble: Russian Guitar Quartet


The Mighty Handful, also known as The Five, were a group of prominent nineteenth century Russian composers who strived to produce a specifically ‘Russian’ style. The group consisted of Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin. The Russian Guitar Quartet has chosen works by The Mighty Handful for this new release, reviving the lost tradition of seven-string Russian guitar quartet. These accomplished performers, all with solo careers of their own, perform these arrangements with purpose and passion, leading the listener on a journey through nineteenth century St. Petersburg.