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The label's production was dominated by classical music, music by Soviet composers and musicians, performances by Soviet theatre actors, and fairy tales for children. For example, Melodiya notably released performances of works by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.
List of recording artists performing on or signed to Melodiya at one time or another. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
"Ave Maria" is a much-recorded aria, composed by Vladimir Vavilov around 1970 and often misattributed to Renaissance composer Giulio Caccini.Vavilov himself published and recorded it in 1970 on the Melodiya label with the ascription "Anonymous".
[6] Because Melodiya was not under pressure to make a profit, the musicians making records in Tashkent had significant creative freedom. [7] However, political expression was tightly controlled – for example, the founder of the Minarets of Nessef was a Crimean Tatar and was imprisoned by the KGB for his political opinions regarding Crimea. [5]
Label: Melodiya; Format: LP; Poyot Larisa Dolina: Released: August 1989 [35] Label: GDRZ; Format: Reel-to-Reel; Singles. Title Year Peak chart positions Album RUS [36 ...
Topics about Melodiya albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the Melodiya label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .
Zodiac's first vinyl record Disco Alliance (Russian: Диско альянс, Latvian: Disko alianse) was released in 1980 on the monopolist Melodiya label, during the band members' studentship. The album was produced by Aleksandrs Grīva, the father of band member Zane Grīva.
The recording was first released in the United States in 1973 on the Melodiya-Angel label. The March 1974 edition of Stereo Review noted that Angel's general manager Robert E. Myers had "tracked down the recording" and "had to prevail rather heavily on the Soviet powers that be to make it part of their trade agreement with Angel". [14]