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Chris Addison explores the ill-fated life of the hard-drinking, cigar-smoking wildman of Soviet music Alexander Mosolov - whose career was interrupted by a spell in the gulag. The Other Shostakoviches explores the life and legacy of five lesser-known contemporaries of the most famous Soviet symphonist - who each had their own, very personal and turbulent, relationship with the authorities. Authored by writer, satirist and lover of Russian classical music Chris Addison, the series features contributions from musicologist and expert on Soviet music Marina Frolova-Walker.
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