Legendary Russian maestro Kirill Kondrashin conjures all the color and passion of two sonic spectaculars by Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances. These two recordings, originally released by Melodiya, have achieved legendary status amog music lovers - and are now available together in stunning digital transfers.

The Nursery (Russian: Детская, Detskaya, literally Children's [Room]) is a song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky set to his own lyrics, composed between 1868 and 1872. The cycle was published in two series. Only the first two songs survive of the second series. During the late ’60s and early ’70s, Schnittke’s experiments with form and compositional style produced several important works: the Violin Sonata “Quasi una sonata” (1968), the First Symphony (1969-72), the Suite in the Olden Style (1972), and the Requiem (1975). It was during this period that Schnittke composed In memoriam…, which he adapted from his Piano Quintet (1972-76).