Legendary soprano Galina Vishnevskaya will forever be linked with such legendary recordings as Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and Prokofiev’s War and Peace. Her opposition to Soviet rule, along with husband Mstislav Rostropovich, caused headlines around the world. When director Alexander Sokurov was writing the screenplay for ALEXANDRA, he had only Vishnevskaya, who [...]

MovieScore Media has just released Andrey Sigle’s score for Alexander Sokurov’s acclaimed 2007 political drama Alexandra. The music is performed by no less other than the revered Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. The film, which was nominated for the 2007 Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of an elderly woman (legendary Russian [...]