Repertoire: The BEST Glinka Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila

This delightful, brilliant and popular work has been entrancing audiences ever since its first performances in 1842. It has been recorded trillions of times, and never fails to make the desired effect, but some performances are truly outstanding--even amazing--and here they are. Musical Examples courtesy of Supraphon and Scribendum Records

People Who Messed With The Royal Guard and Regretted It!
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People Who Messed With The Royal Guard and Regretted It!

MOZART: WARUM LIESS SEINE FRAU IHN ALLEIN INS GRAB LEGEN?
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MOZART: WARUM LIESS SEINE FRAU IHN ALLEIN INS GRAB LEGEN?

Mravinsky & Leningrad Philharmonic play Glinka's Overture of "Russlan and Ludmilla"
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Mravinsky & Leningrad Philharmonic play Glinka's Overture of "Russlan and Ludmilla"

Repertoire: The BEST (And Not Best) Mendelssohn "Hebrides" Overture
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Repertoire: The BEST (And Not Best) Mendelssohn "Hebrides" Overture

Repertoire: The BEST Shostakovich Symphony No. 4
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Repertoire: The BEST Shostakovich Symphony No. 4

John Cleese’s Brillian Take on Religion & 'Life of Brian' | The Dick Cavett Show
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John Cleese’s Brillian Take on Religion & 'Life of Brian' | The Dick Cavett Show

Jeffrey Swann: "The Music of Parsifal: A Mixture, a Summation, or a Culmination?", February 18, 2018
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Jeffrey Swann: "The Music of Parsifal: A Mixture, a Summation, or a Culmination?", February 18, 2018

Evolution of Rome | Fixed-Camera Timelapse: The Colosseum Valley
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Evolution of Rome | Fixed-Camera Timelapse: The Colosseum Valley

The Professor Who Taught People How To Think (1962)
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The Professor Who Taught People How To Think (1962)

Repertoire: IDEAL Romantic Russian Symphonies (Not By Tchaikovsky)
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Repertoire: IDEAL Romantic Russian Symphonies (Not By Tchaikovsky)

Streichquartett - Münchner Lach- & Schießgesellschaft 1962
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Streichquartett - Münchner Lach- & Schießgesellschaft 1962

Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
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Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture

Repertoire: Tough Symphonists (3)--Pettersson, Hartmann and Enescu
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Repertoire: Tough Symphonists (3)--Pettersson, Hartmann and Enescu

Glinka - Ruslan and Lyudmila, Overture (Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi)
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Glinka - Ruslan and Lyudmila, Overture (Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi)

Repertoire: The TRUTH About The BEST Elgar Enigma Variations
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Repertoire: The TRUTH About The BEST Elgar Enigma Variations

Behind the Scenes: Amadeus (Forman, 1984) with F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce
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Behind the Scenes: Amadeus (Forman, 1984) with F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce

Borodin: Prince Igor Overture & Polovtsian Dances (reference recording: Constantin Silvestri)
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Borodin: Prince Igor Overture & Polovtsian Dances (reference recording: Constantin Silvestri)

Music Chat: The World's Dumbest Opera
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Music Chat: The World's Dumbest Opera

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture, Mravinsky (1965) グリンカ ルスランとリュドミラ序曲 ムラヴィンスキー
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Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture, Mravinsky (1965) グリンカ ルスランとリュドミラ序曲 ムラヴィンスキー

Nobody Does Impressions Like Mark Hamill
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Nobody Does Impressions Like Mark Hamill