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Following works by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, for its fourth release Valery Gergiev s Mariinsky label turns to music by one of Russia s greatest living composers. Shchedrin s concert opera The Enchanted Wanderer was premiered in New York in 2002, but did not receive its Russian premiere until 2007. However it has rapidly entered the Mariinsky Theatre s repertory both in St. Petersburg and on tour. Based on a story by the 19th-century Russian author Nikolai Leskov, the opera is steeped in Russian folklore and beliefs. The release also features four fragments from Shchedrin s 1955 ballet score The Little Humpbacked Horse and his 1963 concerto for orchestra entitled Naughty Limericks.