Russian composers and musicians under the Soviet regime (26)

The War Symphonies, Shostakovich against Stalin

A portrait of Dmitri Shostakovich by Larry Weinstein

Mstislav Rostropovich, The Indomitable Bow

A film written and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon

Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia

Portrait of the cellist, conductor, and defender of free speech

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Martin Kušej (stage director), Mariss Jansons (music director) – With Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina Lvovna Ismailova), Ludovít Ludha (Zinovy Borisovich Ism...

• De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Tugan Sokhiev conducts Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

The Red Baton, Scenes from Musical Life in Soviet Russia

With Guennadi Rojdestvenski

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony of Psalms

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre et Choeurs de l'ORTF

• Royal Festival Hall (London, Great Britain)

Lost Motherland: A Portrait of Sergei Prokofiev

The unruly child of Russia

Aram Khachaturian

One of the three "titans" of soviet music

Igor and David Oistrakh perform Bach, Mozart and Brahms

London, 1960-1963

• Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)

David Oistrakh plays the Spring Sonata, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Prokofiev

Lev Oborin (piano) - Frida Bauer (piano)

• Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)

Mstislav Rostropovich conducts Tchaikovsky, Schnittke and Shostakovich – With Vladimir Spivakov and Yuri Bashmet

New Year's Eve Concert 1990

• Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter play Prokofiev and Beethoven

Orchestre de Monte-Carlo, Okko Kamu

Mstislav Rostropovich plays Shostakovich, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy

London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Groves (conductor), Bruno Rigutto, Vasso Devetzi (piano)

Mstislav Rostropovich conducts Tchaikovsky, Schnittke and Shostakovich – With Vladimir Spivakov and Yuri Bashmet

New Year's Eve Concert 1990

• Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

David Oistrakh, Artist of the People?

A Soviet biography

Valery Gergiev conducts Prokofiev – Daniil Trifonov performs the 1st Piano Concerto

Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater – The complete Prokofiev symphonies. Moscow Easter Festival

• Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (Moscow, Russia)

Martha Argerich plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3

Classic Archive

• Fairfield Hall (Croydon, London, Great Britain)

Evgeny Kissin plays Prokofiev

Verbier Festival 2009

Valery Gergiev conducts Prokofiev – Alexei Volodin performs the 4th Piano Concerto

Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater – The complete Prokofiev symphonies. Moscow Easter Festival

• Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (Moscow, Russia)

Tugan Sokhiev conducts Mozart, Beethoven, and Shostakovich – With Elisabeth Leonskaja

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Neeme Järvi conducts Dvořák, Shchedrin and Shostakovich – With Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky

Romantic Offering: world premiere – Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

Bernstein pays tribute to Stravinsky – With Michel Béroff

The Historic Stravinsky Memorial Concert, April 1972

• Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)

David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich play Brahms' Double Concerto and Violin Concerto

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin

Tugan Sokhiev conducts Kabalevsky, Khachaturian and Stravinsky – With Sergey Khachatryan

The Halle aux Grains, Toulouse

Valery Gergiev conducts Prokofiev – With Denis Matsuev and Leonidas Kavakos

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

• Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall (St Petersburg, Russia)