 Mikhail Glinka s masterpiece is based on a satirical fairy tale by the great author Alexander Pushkin. Glinka, acknowledged as the Father of Russian Opera draws on Russian traditional mythology and in a single stroke casts the style for modern Russian music. Ruslan and Lyudmila is the classic love story-"Good triumphs over evil". Lyudmila is abducted by the evil dwarf Chernomor in his quest for love, and we are entertained by the magic of wizards and suitors and the Court of the "Enchanted Garden" with a magnificent ballet and sword dance sequence. The perils that Ruslan endures through the turmoil in the end "Love Triumphs". This is the first recording in the West of this absolute masterpiece of music fusion East and West.