Modest Mussorgsky orch. Shostakovich : Khovanshchina, Preludes & Persian Dance (1880 orch. 1959)

I. Prelude to Act I 'Dawn Over the Moscow River' 00:00-06:25 II. Dance of the Persian Slave Girls (Act IV, Scene 1) 06:25-13:35 III. Prelude to Act IV, Scene 2 'Galitsin's Journey' 13:35-18:05 Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado.