Gregory/Kyiv So/Yablonsky - Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev: Suite de Concert, Op.28, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasia on Two Russian Themes, Op.33

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, wrote a memorable Suite de Concert that followed the model of the Baroque suite while infiltrating it with warm lyricism and brilliant variations. Earlier, Rimsky-Korsakov had written a Fantasia on Two Russian Themes