Flight of the Bumblebee, TN iii/9 (for piano solo, Rachmaninov)

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Relationships

composer:Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (from 1899 until 1900)
piano arranger:Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (in 1929)
part of:Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 35) (order: 35)
A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff (number: TN iii/9) (order: 49)
download score for free:imslp: The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)#For Piano solo .28Rachmaninoff.29 2 [info]
arrangement of:Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1929-04-16Flight of the BumblebeeSergei Rachmaninoff1:10
1932-11-11Tale of Tsar Saltan, op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano) (Obert-Thorn restoration)Vladimir Horowitz1:10
1932-11-11The Flight of the Bumble-BeeVladimir Horowitz1:15
1969-02The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (Arr. Sergei Rachmaninov)Ivan Davis1:14
1973-07The Flight of the Bumble-BeeJorge Bolet1:07
1979-03-14The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumble-BeeSergei Rachmaninov1:14
1981-09Flight of the Bumble BeeSequeira Costa1:18
1982-02-20Flight of the Bumble-BeeShura Cherkassky1:37
1986-02-16Flight of the Bumble BeeOfra Harnoy, Catherine Wilson1:18
1987-09-11 – 1988-01-18Flight of the BumblebeeBalázs Szokolay1:15
1991-02-20 – 1991-02-22The Flight of the BumblebeeHoward Shelley1:12
1995-02-21 – 1995-02-23The Flight of the BumblebeeJohn O’Conor1:22
1996-08-27“The Flight of the Bumblebee”Sergei Rachmaninoff, Wayne Stahnke1:14
1997-11 – 1997-12Flight of the BumblebeeliveAlexander Tselyakov1:14
1998-09-25Flight of the Bumble BeeAlexander Paley1:21
2001-12-10 – 2001-12-12The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (transcribed by Rachmaninov)Vladimir Ashkenazy1:16
2008-07-17Flight of the Bumblebee TN III no. 9: PrestoYuja Wang1:54
2009-04-13The Flight of the BumblebeeZenph Sound Innovations1:14
2009-04-13The Flight of the BumblebeeZenph Sound Innovations1:13
2012-06The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumble-BeeIngolf Wunder1:17
2012-10-04 – 2012-10-05Flight of the BumblebeeEldar Djangirov1:08
2013-07-21 – 2013-07-23„Flight of the Bumblebee“ from the Opera „The Tale of Tsar Saltan“Maria Lettberg1:23
Flight of the Bumble BeeSerguei Vassilevitch Rachmaninov1:09
Flight of the Bumble BeeThomas Heywood1:26
Flight of the Bumble BeeRobin Alciatore1:15
Flight of the Bumble BeeGarrick Ohlsson1:11
Flight of the Bumble BeeRichard Steiner1:17
Flight of the Bumble BeeThe European Philharmonic Orchestra, Hymisher Greenburg1:33
Flight of the Bumble-beeIvan Davis1:22
Flight of the BumblebeeJeffrey Reid Baker1:14
Flight of the Bumblebee[unknown]1:12
Flight of the BumblebeeJonathan Chung1:26
Flight of the BumblebeeIvan Davis1:17
Flight of the Bumblebee[unknown]1:11
Flight of the Bumblebeeİdil Biret1:13
Flight of the Bumblebee / Le Vol du bourdonOlga Kern1:10
HummelflugKateryna Titova1:07
Le vol du bourdonClaire‐Marie Le Guay1:19
Rachmaninov: The Flight of the Bumble-BeeVladimir Horowitz1:15
Rimsky-Korsakov’s ’Flight of the Bumblebee’ from ’The Tale of the Tsar Saltan’ for piano, TN iii/9Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов1:14
The Flight of the Bumble BeeVladimir Horovitz1:13
The Flight of the Bumble BeeNicholas York1:17
The flight of the Bumble-BeeEarl Wild1:35
The Flight of the Bumble‐Bee (arr. Rachmaninov)Isata Kanneh‐Mason1:09
The Flight of the BumblebeeGloria Saarinen1:20
The Flight of the Bumblebee (From The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57)Gabriele Bagnati1:14
The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: The Flight of the BumblebeeRuth Laredo1:07
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)Nobuyuki Tsujii1:19
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the BumblebeeOlga Kern1:14
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumblebee (transcr. Rachmaninoff for piano)Howard Shelley1:17