Sunday Classics snapshots: Glinka's "Russlan" Overture packs a way more pungent wallop than you'd guess from "Mom"
"The Father of Russian Music": Mikhail Glinka (1804-1867)GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmila: OvertureKirov Orchestra (St. Petersburg), Valery Gergiev, cond. Philips, recorded February 1995New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, cond. Columbia-CBS-Sony, recorded Oct. 14, 1963Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Alessandro Siciliani, cond. CSO Showcase, recorded February 2001Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, cond. RCA-BMG, recorded Mar.
