"Tsar BO-GO and Gorbachev's Grammy": Mussorgsky & Prokofiev

"YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE CLASSICAL MUSIC INFINITELY BETTER? MIKHAIL GORBACHEV." We know you've been thinking this for ages and quite frankly we agree with you. In this marvellous new episode of That Classical Podcast, we head back over to Mother Russia to discuss things like bus stop graves, weirdly tonk chicken legs and, naturally, Gorbachev's foray into classical music. Enjoy!

Music Featured in this Episode:

"Pictures At An Exhibition: Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)" - Modest Mussorgksy

"Boris Godounov / Act 4: Odnazhdy, v vecherniy chas" - Modest Mussorgsky

"Peter and the Wolf Opus 67" - Sergei Prokofiev

"Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major, Op.26: 1. Andante-allegro" - Sergei Prokofiev 

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