Russian composers and musicians under the Soviet regime (27)

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

Tugan Sokhiev conducts Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Mariss Jansons, Martin Kušej – Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina Lvovna Ismailova), Ludovít Ludha (Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov), Christopher Ventris (Sergey) – ...

• De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia

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

The Red Baton, Scenes from Musical Life in Soviet Russia

With Guennadi Rojdestvenski

Lost Motherland: A Portrait of Sergei Prokofiev

The unruly child of Russia

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony of Psalms

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre et Choeurs de l'ORTF

• Royal Festival 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 plays Shostakovich, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy

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

Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter play Prokofiev and Beethoven

Orchestre de Monte-Carlo, Okko Kamu

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

Lev Oborin (piano) - Frida Bauer (piano)

• Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)

Igor and David Oistrakh perform Bach, Mozart and Brahms

London, 1960-1963

• Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)

Aram Khachaturian

One of the three "titans" of soviet music

David Oistrakh, Artist of the People?

A Soviet biography

Martha Argerich plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3

Classic Archive

• Fairfield Hall (Croydon, London, Great Britain)

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)

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

Jaap van Zweden conducts Glass and Shostakovich – With Katia and Marielle Labèque

Orchestre de Paris

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)