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The Temple of Apollo at Delphi is the best-known excerpt from Taneyev' only opera, Oresteia, the mammoth overture to which has all the force of a Romantic symphonic poem. His Overture on a Russian Theme is based on the same folksong that Rimsky-Kor. Album Tracks 1. Overture to Oresteya, Op. 6 2. Oresteya, Act III Entr'acte The Temple of Apollo at Delphi 3. Adagio in C Major 4. Overture on a Russian Theme 5. Cantata for the Unveiling of the Moscow Pushkin Memorial, Ya Pamyatnik Sebe Vozdvig Nerukotvorniy (I Have Built Myself a Monument Not Made By Hands) 6. Canzona 7. Overture in D minor