Tim Hu <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On track 13 of a Pro Arte 'Multiplay' CD is the "Cossack Dance" by
>Tchaikovsky, with Sergiu Comissiona conducting the Houston Symphony. I
>believe this is an excerpt from a larger work. Can anyone let me know what
>composition this is?

Most likely it's the Cossack Dance or Gopak from Act I of his opera
'Mazepa', but it could just possibly be from Act III of the opera
'Cherevichki'.

If it has a four-bar introduction with the strings alone playing a
repeated rhythmical figure, then that sounds like the Gopak from Mazepa.
Hope this helps,

Brett Langston
The Tchaikovsky Web-Site
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/blangston/pitch/