The Orchard: Classical Russian audio and video recordings

The Orchard has announced that they have secured the exclusive digital rights to access more than 400,000 hours of classical Russian audio and video recordings. This landmark digital distribution and marketing deal made in conjunction with Pipeline Music, provides The Orchard with the archive of the legendary Russian State Television and Radio Company, which holds one of the world's greatest cultural treasures: recently digitized tapes dating back to the 1930s spanning works by some of the most renowned classical musicians and composers in history, including: Tchaikovsky, Rakhmaninoff, Schostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Rostropovich and Menuhin