Khachaturian's eight-part concert suite arrangement from the film Battle of Stalingrad is described as a high-tension symphonic fresco.
Aram Khachaturian, the composer, had a long and distinctive involvement in film, beginning in Armenia as early as 1934.
This album was recorded in the Concert Hall of Slovak Radio, Bratislava, with tracks 1-5 recorded in July 1989 and tracks 6-16 in June 1992.
The suite derived from Khachaturian's Othello score showcases his cinematic imagination, ranging from glorious love music to dark scenes of despair.
Khachaturian wrote principally for Mosfilm, a Soviet film studio, until 1960, the date of his last film score.
