"The Rachmaninov Society (it's President is Victor Merzhanov) started this competition as a modest one, rather "chamber" event; but now it's growing and becoming competitive to the monopoly of the well-established Tchaikovsky competition.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta

On this disc winners and participants of the vocal competition perform music by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Boito, Gavrillin, Schostakovich.

Vista Vera,1998