The Washington Post, January 28th, 1996
The Melodiya label was for decades a victim of bureaucracy, owned and operated by the government of the Soviet Union with typical ham-fisted Soviet business and artistic policies. It had the services of some of the world's finest musicians, but political considerations often dictated what was recorded and with which musicians, and production and distribution decisions were arbitrary and often disastrously wrong. What reached music lovers in the West was tantalizing -- frequently magnificent performances hampered by outdated technology, careless processing and often maddeningly inadequate annot...
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