The Rock is an orchestral fantasy inspired by Mikhail Lermontov’s poem beginning «A golden cloud spent the night». Dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Composed in the summer of 1893 and first... Read more

The Rock is an orchestral fantasy inspired by Mikhail Lermontov’s poem beginning «A golden cloud spent the night». Dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Composed in the summer of 1893 and first performed in Moscow in 1894, conducted by Vasily Safonov. A single-movement orchestral work, not a vocal setting of the poem.

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