Nineteenth-century Europe's immersion into Romanticism fostered a "back to nature" movement in which artists turned toward folk music for inspiration. This collection spotlights the works of important Russian composers who drew upon and popularized folk melodies of their native country. Forty-four stirring pieces reflect the influence of Russia's peasant songs as well as the tonality and rhythms of music from the Russo-Greek Orthodox Church and Tartar culture. Alpheraky: Serenade Levantine, Etude in Gb Major, Borodin: Serenade from Petite Suite, Rebikoff: Echo Rustique, Nereid, Idyl, Rimsky-Korsakov: Novelette, Pachulski: Harmonies du Soir, Glinka: Mazurka in C minor, Blumenfeld: Pres de l'Eau, Souvenir douloureux, Aleneff: Burlesque, Mazurkain Db Major, Rachmaninoff: Barcarole, Blakirev: Chant du Pecheur, Bortkiewicz: Minuet-Fantasy, Melody in E minor, Gavotte-Caprice, Scriabin:Prelude in Eb minor, Prelude in Bb minor, Mazurka in C# minor, Gliere: Mazurka in C# minor, Mazurka in B minor, Cui: Causerie, Arensky: Paeons, Pres de la Mer, Karagitschew: Exaltation, Ballata, Karganoff: Second Mazurka in Bb minor, Scherzino, Youferoff: Elegie, Mussorgski: Intermezzo, Glazunov: Impromptu, Stcherbatcheff: Choeur Danse, Clair de Lune, Sokalsky: Souvenir du Passe, Wihtol: Prelude in F# minor, Berceuse, Nemerowsky: Alla Mazurka, Amani: Elegie, Minuetto, Liapounov: Chant de Noel, Sapellnikoff: Une Mazurka un Peu Baroque, Liadov: Ballade.