Russian Tales tells the love story of a young couple of Russian peasants during the war. The suite opens with the “Danza delle Spose” (“Dance of the Brides”), a glimpse on a country feast where the main characters engage in a twirling group dance. Soon, however, happiness succumbs to sadness, when the young bridegroom must leave the village on the “Treno degli Addii” (“The Farewell Train”) and go to the battlefront: the bride intones a heartbreaking and melancholic melody that only the rhythmic ...