Autour De Chostakovitch = Shostakovich's Circle

"All three works on this recording were written in 1946, one of the darkest years for Russian culture. There was a real pogrom in Soviet literature that year, which only served as a dress rehearsal for the pogrom of Soviet music two years later, when Shostakovich, [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/621694-Sergei-Prokofiev]Prokofiev[/url], [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/920313-Nikolai-Myaskovsky]Miaskovsky[/url], [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/335045-Aram-Khatchaturian]Khachaturian[/url] and many other Soviet composers of the highest rank were officially and publically reprimanded for writing 'formalist' music." - Yuli Turovsky Dépot légal, Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 2006. ℗ Analekta 2006 Enregistrement, montage et mastering en 24 bit. / Recording, editing and mastering in 24 bit. 76 min 55 sec. Fabriqué au Canada / Made in Canada.