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Diapason’s selection of the definitive disc series, Collection No. 178!Rimsky=Korsakov’s orchestral works!Diapason, a French world-class classical music magazine, selects and reissues newly mastered masterpieces of historical masterpieces from the history of music in the series “Les Indispensables de Diapason – Diapason’s Choice”.Volume 178 of the series features the orchestral works of Rimsky=Korsakov. The collection begins with the overture to “Easter in Russia” by Eugene Ormandy, which makes full use of the Philadelphia sound, followed by the symphonic suite “Antar” (Symphony No. 2) by Paul Paray with his Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the original opera “Night in May” overture by Konstantin Silvestri. The “Piano Concerto,” which Rimsky-Korsakov wrote after Franz Liszt, is also included, performed by Russian masters Sviatoslav Richter and Kirill Kondrashin.The final piece is “The Flight of the Bear Bee” by Ni