Suggestions needed: I like Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture,

[hedgehog]

especially the opening melancholy strains. What should I look for next?

[dalaigh lllama]

1. Try music by 19th century Russian composers

They all seemed to capture that feeling of melancholy

Polovtsian dances by Borodin

Moldau by Smetana

Sheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov (not quite so melancholy, but if you like Rimsky-Korsakov, one of his most popular works)

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2

And for a little home grown melancholy, try New World Symphony by Dvorak (written at and inspired by Spillville, Iowa).

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. "Dawn on the Moscow River" by Mussorgsky

from the opera Khovanshchina.

"Marche Slave" by Tchaikovsky.

[Turbineguy]

3. Caucasian Sketches

Ipolotov-Ivanov