Two Listmembers inquire about Soviet composers.  A Hollander named Onno
van Rijen has compiled a very complete archive on Soviet composers, with
essays, biographies, discographies, etc.  etc.  It can be found at:
http://home-1.worldonline.nl/~ovar/bsovcom.html.

Rostislav Boiko's music is a completely unoriginal knockoff on 19th century
Russianisms.  Nonetheless, he is so engaging about it that I too find his
stuff irresistable--as if Balakirev had been deep-frozen for a century and
thawed recently.

On another wavelength entirely, A Sovcom worth investigating is Edison
Denisov.  He writes in a 60s-ish sonoristic idiom--God only knows how he
supported himself in Soviet times --and has a fine ear.

Jon Gallant
Genetics Department
University of Washington