[shibumi]

I don’t often get affected by “celebrity” deaths.

But I felt I knew this man better than my own brothers.

Watch and Weep...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5SlUmCdXf0

[shibumi]

My memory may be faulty, but I think I remember you being appreciative of this marvelous talent.

[Publius]

When Mike Gorbachev came to the US in the mid-Eighties, Van Cliburn did this number as an encore. Gorby and his people brushed away tears as they snag along.

It's a great example of Russian lieder writ large.

[left that other site]

One of my favorites...”Podmoskovneyah Vechera”.