Enter the magical world of Rimsky-Korsakov opera, with five celebrated recordings made by the Kirov Opera under Valery Gergiev – a unique set.  

Synopses are included.

Contents:
CD 1
Kashchey the Immortal
Cast:
- Kashchey the Immortal: Konstantin Pluzhhnikov
- The Princess: Marina Shaguch
- Kashcheyevna: Larissa Diadkova
- Prince Ivan Korolevich: Alexander Gergalov
- The Storm Knight: Alexander Morozov

CD 2-4
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya
Cast:
- Prince Yury Vsevolodich: Nicolai Ohotnikov
- Prince Vsevolod: Yuri Masurin
- Fevroniya: Galina Gorchakova
- Grishka Kuter'ma: Vladimir Galuzin
- Feodor Poyarok: Nicolai Putilin
- Page: Olga Korzhenskaya
- Two well-off people: Evgeny Boitsov, Evgeny Fedorov
- Gusli player: Mikhail Kit
- Bear leader: Nikolai Gassiev
- Singing beggar: Grigory Karazev
- Bedyay: Bulat Minjilkiev
- Burunday: Vladimir Ognovienko
- Sirin: Tatiana Kravtsova
- Alkonost: Larissa Diadkova

CD 5-6
The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible)
Cast:
- Ivan the Terrible: Vladimir Ognovienko
- Princess Olga: Galina Gorchakova
- Mikhail A Tucha: Vladimir Galusin
- Vlasyevna: Ludmilla Filatova
- Perfilyevna: Evgenia Perlasova
- Styosha: Olga Korzhenskaya
- Prince Yuri I Tokmakov: Gennady Bezzubenkov
- Boyar Nikita Matuta: Nikolai Gassiev
- Prince Afanasy Vyazemski: Evegeny Fedotov
- Yushko Velebin: Georgy Zastavni
- Bomelius: Yuri Laptev

CD 7-9
Sadko
Cast:
- Sadko: Vladimir Galusin
- Lyubava Buslayevna: Marianna Tarassova
- Okian-more: Sergei Alexashkin
- Volkhova: Valentina Tsidipova
- Nezhata: Larissa Diadkova
- Duda: Vladimir Ognovenko
- Sopel: Nikolai Gassiev
- Foma Nazarich: Evgeni Boitsov
- Luka Zinovich: Gennadi Bezzubenkov
- Varangian Merchant: Bulat Minjelkiev
- Venetian Merchant: Alexander Gergalov
- Indian Merchant: Gegam Grigorian
- Apparition: Nikolai Putilin

CD 10-11
The Tsar's Bride
Cast:
- Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin: Gennady Bezzubenkov
- Marfa: Marina Shaguch
- Grigory Grigoryevich Gryaznoy: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
- Grigory Lukyanovich Malyuta-Skuratov: Sergei Alexashkin
- Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov: Evgeny Akimov
- Lyubasha: Olga Borodina
- Yelisey Bomelius: Nikolai Gassiev
- Domna Ivanovna Saburova: Irina Loskutova
- Dunyasha: Olga Markova-Mikhailenko
- Petrovna: Lyubov Sokolova
- Stoker: Yuri Shkliar
- Serving Girl: Lyudmila Kasjanenko
- Lad: Viktor Vikhrov