Marina Tarasova / Ivan Sokolov - Russian Celloo Sonatas; Prokofiev, Levitin,KomarovWORLD PREMIERES: (Levitin & Komarov Sonatas) Only the 2nd recording of the Komarov Concerto: "Rostropovich thanked [me] for the dedication, which remained in the handwritten score, and spoke very highly of the work and the tremendous performance of Marina Tarasova. At that time, we were already neighbours in the composer's house at No. 13 Orgareva Street (now Gazetny Lane)". [Vladimir Komarov]

turns in magnificent performances of these masterpieces

released in celebration of her recent signing to Sub Pop

In 1943 the critic and composer Fritz Skorzeny aptly summed up the fascination produced by her music when he wrote in the Wiener Tagblatt: "In Maria Bach's oeuvre

-Sasha Geffen

Picasso would have celebrated his 140th birthday on 25

The LP features a gatefold jacket and exclusive neon green LP

winning with John Ford's western

" the powerful "You Sent Me Flying

" Vigorous performances of spirituals

directed by Nicol Matt

I think you have to be vulnerable to create something really great and I believe I did that

while others are substantially reworked from the originals and contain the significant differences