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Russian Settings of Robert Burns - Shostakovich, Denisov, Levitin, etc / Savenko, Blok

1 CD / Toccata / 2009-05-12

Works: Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov: Songs to Verses by Robert Burn (9), for voice & piano; Edison Denisov: Songs (2) to Verses by Robert Burns, for voice & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Romances (6) to verses...
Performers: Blok, Alexander [Piano]; Savenko, Vassily

Robert Burns enjoyed a particular following in both Imperial and Soviet Russia as an idealized "people's poet." In the mid-20th century Samuel Marshak's best-selling translations...continue...