• Ja pomnu chudnoe mgnovenie-- = I recall a wonderful moment ; Priznanie = Declaration ; V krovi gorit ogon zhelania = The fire of longing burns in my heart ; Nochnoi zefir = The night zephyr / Mikhail Glinka
• Yunosha i deva = The youth and the maiden / Alexander Dargomyzhskiy
• Dlya beregov otchizny dal'noj = For the shores of thy far native land / Alexander Borodin
• Redeet oblakov = The clouds begin to scatter ; Na kholmax Gruzii lezhit nochnaja mgla = On the hills of Georgia / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Tsarskosel'skaja statuja = The statue at Tsarskoye Selo ; Ya vas ljubil = I loved you / Cesar Cui
• Ya perezhil svoi zhelania = Gone are my heart's desires ; Zimnii vecher (Buria mglou nebo kroet) = Winter evening (The snowstorm covers the sky with darkness) ; Mechtatelu = To a dreamer / Nikolai Medtner
• Fontanu Bakhchisarajsogo dvortsa = To the Fountain of Bakhchisarai Palace / Alexander Vlasov
• Solovei = Nightingale / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne = Don't sing to me, fair maiden / Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Roniayet les bagrianiy svoi ubor = The crimson forest sheds its attire / Georgi Sviridov.

• Aleko (58:19)
• The miserly knight (58:35)
• Francesca da Rimini (56:26).

• Aleko
• The rock = Le rocher : fantasy for orchestra, op. 7
• Spring = Printemps : cantata op. 20 to the lyrics by Nikolaĭ Nekrassov = Cantate op. 20 sur un poème de Nikolaĭ Nekrassov
• Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44 = Symphonie no. 3 en la mineur, op. 44
• Bonus tracks: Aleko's cavatina : "The moon is high in the sky = Cavatine d'Aleko : La lune est haute dans le ciel (Andrei Ivanov ; Bolshoĭ Theater Orchestra = Orchestre du Bolchoi ; The old gypsy's narrative = Récit du vieux Tzigane (Bolshoĭ Theater Orchestra = Orchestre du Bolchoi ; Nikolaĭ Golovanov).

• Priznaniye = Confession (:51) ; Adel' = Adele (2:41) ; Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne = Do not sing to me, fair maiden (1:00) ; Ya pomnyu chudnoye mgnoven'ye = I remember the wonderful moment (3:14) ; Ya zdes, Inezilya = Here I am, Iñesilla (2:04) / Mikhail Glinka
• Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada = A line of flying clouds : op. 42, no. 3 (3:15) ; Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne = Do not sing to me, fair maiden : op. 51, no. 2 (2:31) ; Chto v imeni tebe moyem? = What does my name mean to you? : op. 4, no. 1 (1:36) ; Na kholmakh Gruzii = The hills of Georgia : op. 3, no. 4 (1:43) ; Moy golos dlya tebya = My voice, calling you : op. 7, no. 1 (1:31) ; Ekho = Echo : op. 45, no. 1 (1:33) ; Tï i vï = "You" and "thou" : op. 27, no. 3 (:49) / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Muza = The muse : op. 29, no. 1 (3:06) ; Roza = The rose : op. 29, no. 6 (2:08) ; Lish' rozï uvyadayut = When roses wither : op. 36, no. 3 (1:55) ; Vals = The waltz : op. 32, no. 5 (2:55) / Nikolai Medtner
• Pevets = The singer : op. 36, no. 7 (2:26) ; Noch' = Night : op. 44, no. 1a (2:48) / Anton Rubinstein
• Pesn' Zemfirï = Zemfira's song (with Sergey Rybin, speaker) (2:10) ; Solovey = The nightingale : op. 60, no. 4 (2:56) / Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Noch' = Night (4:25) ; Strekotun'ya beloboka = The magpie (2:08) / Modest Mussorgsky
• K druz'yam = To his friends (2:09) ; Yunosha i deva = A girl and a boy (1:02) / Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky
• Yunoshu, gorku rïdaya = A girl, sobbing bitterly : op. 46, no. 2 / Dmitri Shostakovich (1:31)
• Muza = The muse : op. 34, no. 1 (4:27) ; Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne = Do not sing to me, fair maiden : op. 4, no. 4 (4:36) / Sergei Rachmaninov
• Tsarskoselskaya statuya = The statue at Tsarskoye Selo : op. 57, no. 17 (1:00) ; Tï i vï = "You" and "thou" : op. 57, no. 11 (:53) ; Zhelaniye = Desire : op. 57, no. 25 (1:49) / César Cui
• Fontanu Bakhchisarayskovo dvortsa = The fountain in the courtyard of Bakhchisaray / Vladimir [i.e. Aleksandr] Vlasov (3:28).

Few Russian composers could resist setting verses by Alexander Pushkin, and his influence on the development of Russian music was indirectly as great as his influence on literature. This collection demonstrates the compelling power of the poet, and the beauty of the music he inspired. It is performed by Joan Rodgers, herself an acknowledged master of Russian repertoire, and Malcolm Martineau.

• Petersburg : a vocal poem, to words by Alexandr Blok (1995). The weathercock (2:48) ; The golden oar (4:05) ; The bride (4:19) ; A voice from the chorus (6:46) ; I am nailed to a tavern counter (5:32) ; The breeze has brought from far away (2:35) ; Petersburg song (December 7, 1906) (4:00) ; Those born in obscure years (4:27) ; The virgin in the city (4:15)
• Six romances to words by Alexandr Pushkin (1935). The crimson forest sheds its attire (4:41) ; A winter's road (2:44) ; To Nanny (4:16) ; A winter's evening (5:56) ; Foreboding (4:49) ; Drawing near to Izhory (1:55).