Ivan Bunin

From high atop Voronezh,  Russia., it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Ivan the Terrible. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Bootsie today.   The role of the Bobbsie Twins is being played by  Ivana and Ivanka Trump. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Ivan Awfulitch.  In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Ivan de Taylor.  Our featured great Russian writer today is Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin  22 October  1870 – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is considered to be one of the richest in the language.
Best known for his short novels The Village (1910) and Dry Valley (1912), his autobiographical novel The Life of Arseniev (1933, 1939), the book of short stories Dark Avenues (1946) and his 1917–1918 diary (Cursed Days, 1926), Bunin was a revered figure among anti-communist White emigres, European critics, and many of his fellow writers, who viewed him as a true heir to the tradition of realism in Russian literature established by Tolstoy and Chekhov.
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.  Introducing Ivan Davis playing piano works of Liszt.  Columbia [1961]  Concert étude no. 3, in D-flat major (Un sospiro)--La Campanella.--Liebestraum
Alla Demidova reads Bunin's story Wolves
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.  Introducing Ivan Davis playing piano works of Liszt.  Columbia [1961] --Mephisto waltz

Stanislav Bunin: Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 51 (Chopin) 

Revol Bunin, Viola Concerto in G Major, Op. 22 Recorded in 1956 with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai, Viola conducted by Nikolai Anosov 1st movement: Andante-Allegro 2nd movement: Adagio espressivo 3rd movement: Maestoso Allegro