The audiobook “My Little Bells...” is devoted to the poetic творчество of the remarkable Russian writer Count Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875).
Presented here are his best lyrical poems (among them such masterpieces as “My Little Bells...”, “Amid the Noisy Ball, By Chance...”, “It Was Early in the Spring...” and many others), famous ballads and parables, satires and poems — including the crown of A.K. Tolstoy’s worldview and life confession, the poem “John of Damascus.”
The works of A.K. Tolstoy and an essay by Archbishop John of San Francisco (Shakhovskoy) are read by one of the leading masters of the artistic word, People’s Artist of Russia, multiple laureate of reciters’ competitions Rafael Alexandrovich Kleiner. Over the years of his creative activity, R.A. Kleiner has created more than 40 solo programs of Russian and world literature. His creative baggage includes practically all Russian poetry, classical and philosophical prose, journalism…