Evgueni Svetlanov, Direction [CD de audio] Ussr State Symphony Orchestra, Evgenij Fëdorovic Svetlanov and Evgeni Svetlanov

The second 3-CD installment of the Russian archive's rich catalogue, featuring legendary Russian musicians and the works of their compatriots. Russians will always say that only they understand the Russian soul in Russian music. But can we argue with them? Listen to Mravinsky's passionate and noble Tchaikovsky, Svetlanov's enervating and passionate Rachmaninoff, Barshai's deep look at the work of Shostakovich (world premiere of Symphony No. 14), the famous piano sounds of the Russian school in the hands of Emil Gilels: unique testimonies of a unique era in the history of Western music. As proof that Russians can not only play Russian music, Yevgeny Kissin shows himself as a true master of Chopin and Liszt...all booklets include liner notes and a biography of the artist.