(1997) The Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra, Vol IV: Russian Music By Nikolai Budashkin, 1910-1988 Franz Lehar in an intellectual environment that

in an intellectual environment that actively cultivated both literary and musical interests

In 2017-2018

Music can only sound in to the present

brilliantly interpreted by the young Swiss oboist Barbara Tillmann

We hope that listeners will share our pleasure in these compositions

(1997) The Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra, Vol IV: Russian Music By Nikolai Budashkin, 1910-1988 Franz Lehar in an intellectual environment thatNikolai Budashkin (19101988) was one of the most eminent composers of Russian estrade music, a new genre of music from the first half of the 20th century born in the former Soviet Union, a genre that united the best of classical and folk music. The young composer was awarded the Stalin Prize for his popular and accessible compositions, most clearly represented by his works for Balalaika ensembles and Balalaika orchestras (which were often inspired by