Chopin, Scriabin - Preludes - Igor Zhukov (1991)
EAC Rip | FLAC (img + cue), LOG | TT 65:27 | Covers (jpg 300 dpi) | RAR 203 MB (3% Recovery)
Melodiya | USSR | SUCD 10-00108 | 1991

Igor Zhukov graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1960 (piano class of Professor H. Neuhaus). The pianist is a laureate of the International M. Long Competition in Paris (1957). He is widely known in the Soviet Union and abroad appearing with concerts as a soloist, in ensembles.

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