Top favourite Russian Romantic (or with roots in a Romantic tradition) symphonies (out of ~90 heard), with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- Nr. 3 "Ilya Muromets" B minor, Reinhold M. Glière (1911).
- Nr. 2 "Antar" B minor, Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1869).
- Nr. 2 "Bogatyrskaya" B minor, Alexander P. Borodin (1876).
- Nr. 1 G minor, Vasily S. Kalinnikov (1895).
- Nr. 2 E minor, Sergey V. Rachmaninoff (1907).
- Nr. 1 "Classical" D Major, Sergey S. Prokofiev (1917).
- Nr. 5 E minor, Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1888).
- Nr. 1 "Slavyanskaya" E Major, Alexander K. Glazunov (1881).
- Nr. 2 D minor, Mily A. Balakirev (1900).
- Nr. 2 A Major, Vasily S. Kalinnikov (1897).
- Nr. 1 E minor, Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1865).
- Nr. 13 "Babi Yar" B-flat Minor, Dmitry Shostakovich (1963).
- Nr. 3 "The Divine Poem" C Minor, Alexander N. Scriabin (1904).
Top favourite Russian operas (out of ~100 heard), with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Boris Godunov", Modest P. Mussorgsky (1869 and 1872 versions, as well as that of Rimsky-Korsakov - all are amazing! 9 different recordings in personal CD collection).
- "Khovanshchina", Modest P. Mussorgsky (Shostakovich version, as in Staatsoper Wien, extended Shostakovich version, as in Mariinsky St. Petersburg, and Rimsky-Korsakov version - all are amazing! 7 different recordings in personal CD collection).
- "Ruslan and Lyudmila", Mikhail I. Glinka.
- "Tale of tsar Saltan", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Sadko", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Mlada", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Snow maiden", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Prince Igor", Alexender P. Borodin.
- "Salammbô", Modest P. Mussorgsky (orchestration of 6 scenes by Zoltán Peskó).
- "The Fair at Sorochyntsi", Modest P. Mussorgsky (both introductions - by Lyadov and Shebalin).
- "Life for the Tsar", Mikhail I. Glinka.
- "Cherevichki", Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky.
- "Christmas eve", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Judith", Alexander N. Serov.
- "Betrothal in the monastery", Sergey S. Prokofiev.
- "Oprichnik", Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky.
- "Maid of Pskov", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Tsar's Bride", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Aleko", Sergey V. Rachmaninoff.
- "May night", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Kashchey the Immortal", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "Love for the three oranges", Sergey S. Prokofiev.
- "Golden Cockerel", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
- "The gamblers", Dimitry D. Shostakovich.
I am still looking for full recordings of some very intriguing operas, for example: "
Dobrynya Nikitich" by Alexander T. Grechaninov; "
Rogneda" by Alexander N. Serov; "
Dream on Volga" by Anton S. Arensky. Also, some operas by
Vladimir I. Rebikov, "
Oresteia" by Sergey I. Taneyev, "
Askold's Grave" by Alexey N. Verstovsky.
Top favourite Russian Romantic symphonic pieces (out of many many heard), with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- "Sheherazade", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1888).
- "Russia - 1000 years", Mily A. Balakirev (1864).
- "Easter overture", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1888).
- "Ballade - about ancient times", Anatoly K. Lyadov (1889).
- "Night on the bald mountain", Modest P. Mussorgsky (the original version, as well as the other two - arranged by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, and from the opera "The Fair at Sorochyntsi") (1867).
- "Concert fantasia on Russian Themes", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1887).
- "8 Russian folk songs for orchestra", Anatoly K. Lyadov (1905).
- "Prince Khomsky", Mikhail I. Glinka (1840).
- "Rhapsody on Ukrainian themes", Sergey M. Lyapunov (1907).
- "Fairy tale (Skazka)", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1880).
- "Caucasian sketches", Mikhail M. Ippolitov-Ivanov (1896).
- "Gyul'sara Overture", Reinhold M. Glière (1949).
- "A Fragment from Apocalypse", Anatoly K. Lyadov (1912).
- "In the steppes of the central Asia", Alexander P. Borodin (1880).
- "Overture On Three Russian Themes", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1866).
- "Kikimora", Anatoly K. Lyadov (1909).
- "Summer night in Madrid", Mikhail I. Glinka (1851).
- "Snow storm", Georgy V. Sviridov (1975).
- "Islamey", Mily A. Balakirev (1869).
- "Heroic march for the Buryat-Mongol Republic", Reinhold M. Glière (1936).
- "Bylina", Vasili S. Kalinnikov (1892).
- "Fantasia on Russian Themes (after Ivan Ryabinin)", Anton S. Arensky (1892).
- "Enchanted Lake", Anatoly K. Lyadov (1909).
- "Capriccio Espagnol", Nikolay A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1887).
- "Hashish, an Oriental Symphonic Poem", Sergey M. Lyapunov (1914).
Top favourite Russian ballets, with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- "Petrushka", Igor F. Stravinsky (1911).
- "Chout" ("Fairy tale about the joker who outwitted seven other jokers"), Sergey S. Prokofiev (1921).
- "Pulcinella", Igor F. Stravinsky (1920).
- "The Leap of Steel" ("Le pas d'acier"), Sergey S. Prokofiev (1926).
- "The Rite of Spring" ("Le Sacre du printemps"), Igor F. Stravinsky (1913).
- "Prodigal Son" ("L'Enfant prodigue"), Sergey S. Prokofiev (1929).
- "Nutcracker", Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1892).
- "The Bolt", Dimitry D. Shostakovich (1931).
- "Raymonda", Alexander K. Glazunov (1898).
- "Romeo and Juliet", Sergey S. Prokofiev (1935).
Top favourite Danish Romantic symphonies (out of ~50 heard), with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- Nr. 5 C-major, Louis Glass (1920).
- Nr. 3 "Forest symphony" D-Major, Louis Glass (1901).
- Nr. 6 "Birth of Scyldings", Louis Glass (1926).
- Nr. 2 E-Major, Ludolf Nielsen (1909).
- Nr. 1 "Autumn" D-minor, Peter Langer-Müller (1879).
- Nr. 1 C-minor, Hakon Børresen (1900).
- Nr. 4 E-minor, Louis Glass (1911).
- Nr. 2 C-minor, Louis Glass (1899).
- Nr. 5 "Nature of the Steppe", Rued Langgaard (1918).
- Nr. 2 "Sea symphony" A-minor, Hakon Børresen (1900).
- Nr. 1 B-minor, Ludolf Nielsen (1903).
- Nr. 4 D-minor, Victor Bendix (1906).
- Nr. 4
"The Inextinguishable", Carl Nielsen (1916).
- Nr. 1 E-Major, Louis Glass (1894).
- Nr. 5 "Symphonie sérieuse" G-Minor, Asger Hamerik (1891).
Top favourite British Romantic symphonies, with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- "Hebridean symphony", Granville R. Bantock (1925).
- Nr. 5 D-Major, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1943).
- Nr. 3 "Pastoral symphony", Ralph Vaughan Williams (1922).
- Nr. 5, Arnold Bax (1932).
- "Celtic symphony", Granville R. Bantock (1940).
- Nr. 1 B-flat minor, William Walton (1934).
- Nr. 1 "Sea symphony", Ralph Vaughan Williams (1909).
- Nr. 2 "London symphony", Ralph Vaughan Williams (1914).
- "Pagan symphony", Granville R. Bantock (1927).
- Nr. 4, Edmund Rubbra (1942).
Top favourite European (non-Russian, non-Lithuanian) operas, with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- "Bluebeard's Castle", Béla Bartók (1911).
- "Rusalka", Antonín Dvořák (1900).
- "Parsifal", Richard Wagner (1882).
- "Hugh the Drover", Ralph Vaughan Williams (1924).
- "La Fanciulla del West", Giacomo Puccini (1910).
- "Das Rheingold", Richard Wagner (1869).
- "Semiramide", Gioachino Rossini (1823).
- "The Devil and Kate", Antonín Dvořák (1899). Listen only to the sound - picture is out of sync.
- "Elektra", Richard Strauss (1909).
- "Pelléas et Mélisande", Claude Debussy (1898).
- "Der Freischütz", Carl Maria von Weber (1821).
- "Julius Caesar in Egypt", George Frideric Handel (1724).
- "Sir John in Love", Ralph Vaughan Williams (1929).
- "Les Troyens", Hector Berlioz (1863).
- "Bartered Bride", Bedřich Smetana (1866).
Top favourite European (non-Russian, Danish, British) Romantic (or sprung from Romantic tradition) symphonies, with a selected highlight from Youtube.
- Nr. 9 E-minor "From the New World", Antonín Dvořák (1893).
- "Concerto for Orchestra", Béla Bartók (1943).
- Nr. 9 "The Great" C-Major, Franz Schubert (1825).
- Nr. 8 C-Minor, Anton Bruckner (1890).
- "Alpine Symphony", Richard Strauss (1915).
- Nr. 8 G-Minor, Antonín Dvořák (1889). In fact, all his symphonies
- Nr. 5 C-Minor, A. Bruckner (1876). In fact all his symphonies, including Die Nullte and Study Symphony.
- Nr. 1 D-Major, Gustav Mahler (1888).
- Nr. 3 B-Minor, Ernst Rudorff (1911). Unfortunetelly, not yet on Youtube. Here is Symphony Nr. 2.
- Nr. 2 D-Major, Jan Sibelius (1902).