This collection includes poems by Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821–1878), as well as the famous poem “Meditation by the Entrance to the Official Building.” Recordings come from the archives of Gosteleradiofond from 1959–1983.
Contents:
Disc 1
1. Meditation by the Entrance to the Official Building (read by Aleksandr Lukyanov)
2. Frost, Red Nose (read by Boris Gorbatov)
3. Sasha (read by Arkady Smirnov)
Disc 2
1. Grandfather (read by Arkady Smirnov)
2. Uncle Mazay and the hares (read by Andrei Martynov)
3. The Iron Road (read by Igor Ilyinsky)
4. Peasant Children (read by Mikhail Sadovsky)
5. The Peddlers (read by Aleksei Pokrovsky)
Disc 3
1. Princess M.N. Volkonskaya “Grandmother’s Notes” (1826–1827) (read by Vera Enyutina, Anatoly Ktorov, Yury Rashkin)
3. Who in Rus’ Should Live Well (read by: Alla Pokrovskaya, Leonid Filatov).