This Russian influenced 'Fairy Tale' was written in 1910 and revised 1923 (the 4th movement was eliminated) and is based on the fairy tale 'Tsar Berendyey' by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky. This tells the story of the tsar's son Ivan who devotedly courts the princess Maria. Here with Peter Burns, cello and Roglit Ishai, piano.