Toccata > Masterov, Valery

Shostakovich: Songs for the Front / Arrangements of 27 Songs

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Romances and Songs (27) for voice and piano (arr. of others songs for wartime use)
Performers: Masterov, Valery; Pavlova, Natalia; Tanabe, Ayako
Conductors: Khondzinsky, Nikolay
Ensemble: Soloists of the Russian Conservatory Chamber Capel

During the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted from 1941 to 1944, Shostakovich was famously photographed in a fireman's outfit on the burning rooftops. But he...continue...
Recording information: St Tikhon's Orthodox University, Moscow (2010-01-04&2010-02-24&2010-)....continue...