Carina Schmieger; Greta Bagiyan; Junbum Lee; Nutthaporn Thammathi; Hans Groning; Petar Naydenov; Jin Seok Lee; Tair Tazhi; Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe; Members of the Opernchor des Theater Freiburg; The Lily's Project; Fabrice Bollon - Modest Mussorgsky: Sorochintsi Fair (ed. Fabrice Bollon); Salammbo Suite (arr. Fabrice Bollon)

Modest Mussorgsky's operatic output is dominated by the epic Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina, but of his notable unfinished works Sorochintsi Fair is the most prominent example. Based on a story by Gogol, this is a comic opera in which amorous encounters intermingle with a devil's curse. This chamber orchestra version by Fabrice Bollon uses only original music by Mussorgsky unlike other completions. Potentially a compelling and original drama, Salammbo was Mussorgsky's first attempt at an opera, praised by Rimsky-Korsakov for the 'beauty of its themes and ideas'.