A very comprehensive tribute to the art of Maria Yudina and a valuable document of her playing.

A celebration of the artistry of this revolutionary and unique pianist who wished to lead the audience toward a new understanding of music and even about the wider world, and a unique opportunity to rediscover the genius of the artist who dared to tell Stalin he was not beyond God's mercy and forgiveness.

A portrait of an eccentric woman and extraordinary artist who believed that “Great art belongs to eternity”.

Includes live concert in Kiev, 4 April 1954

Bach: 14 Preludes & Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier book II, Goldberg Variations, 6 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier book I, Chromatic Fantasia, Prelude and Fugue BWV543, Prelude BWV883, Toccata BWV911, Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3

Bartok: 8 pieces from Mikrokosmos, Contrasts:  Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano, Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion

Beethoven: Piano Concertos No.4 & No.5, Sonatas No.5, No.12, No.16, No.22, No.27, No.28, No.29 & No.32, 15 Variations (Eroica Variations), 33 Diabelli Variations, 32 Variations on an Original Theme, Sonata for Violin and Piano No.6, Choral Fantasia Op.80

Berg: Four pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Piano Sonata Op.1

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Intermezzi, Rapsodia in G minor, Quartet No.2

Debussy: Cello Sonata, Puck's Dance & Heather from the 24 Prelude 

Haydn: Sonata in E flat major

Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Sonata for two Pianos, Sonata No.3

Honegger: Viola Sonata, Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

Krenek: Sonata Op.59

Jolivet: Mana (Excerpts)

Liszt: Variations “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen“

Live in Kiev 4th April 1954

Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini

Martinu: The Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon, Les Bouquinistes du Quai Malaquais

Medtner: Sonata-Triad

Mozart: Piano Concertos No.20 & No.23, 9 Duport Variations, Fantasia K475 & K397, Adagio K540, Rondo KV511, Sonata K533

Mussorgsky: Duma, Razdumye, Sleza, Scherzo in C sharp minor, Three Pieces on themes from Boris Godunov, Pictures at an Exhibition

Poulenc : Clarinet Sonata in B flat major

Prokofiev : Cello Sonata Op.119, Romeo and Juliet before parting, Visions Fugitives, Choses en Soi Op.45 a

Schubert: 3 Impromptus, Sonata No.10, Piano Quintet Forellenquintett

Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Bird as Prophet

Serocki: Suite of Preludes

Shaporin: Sonata No.2

Shostakovich: Sonata No.2

Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds, Circus Polka, Concerto for two Pianos, Duo Concertant, Serenade for Piano, Sonata for two Pianos, Sonata in C major

Szymanowski: 9 Preludes Op.1, Variations in B flat minor

Taneyev: Quartet Op.20, Quintet Op.30

USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Directors: Sergei Gorchakov, Alexander Gauk, Nathan Rakhlin 
Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Dir. Kurt Sanderling
State TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dir. Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Violin: Marina Kozolupova, Dmitri Tsyganov, Vasiliy Shirinsky, Victor Pikaizen
Viola: Vadim Borisovsky, Feodor (Fyodor) Druzhinin
Cello: Sergei Shirinsky, Lev Evgrafov, Natalia Shakhovskaya
Double-bass: Vladimir Khomenko
Soloists of Beethoven String Quartet
Clarinet: Lev Mikhailov
Percussion: Valentin Snegiriov, Ruslan Nikulin
Piano: Maria Yudina, Marina Drozdova, Victor Derevyanko