Master i Margarita - 1985

Andrei Petrov

The Russian composer Andrei Pavlovich Petrov (1930-2006) got his reputation as a movie soundtrack composer in the sixties, He won more than one prestigious prize. In the years '80 and '90 he composed various successful concerts for violin and piano and symphonic works, among which the symphonic fantasia Мастер и Маргарита [Master i Margarita] in 1984. Later the Boris Eifmans Saint-Petersburg Ballet Theatre would create a ballet on it.

Andrei Petrov was originally commissioned by film director Vladimir Bortko to write the soundtrack for his successful TV-series Мастер и Маргарита [Master i Margarita] from 2005, but later the order went to Igor Kornelyuk.

Andrei Petrov - Master i Margarita

Andrei Petrov

Technical details

Album
Master i Margarita

Musicians
Andrei Petrov
Academic Symphonic Orchestra
Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic

Label
Schirmer Russian Music, 1985

Video

Click on the arrow below to watch the Karaganda Symphony Orchestra with conductor Peter Gribanov performing the symphonic fantasia Мастер и Маргарита [Master i Margarita] composed by Andrei Petrov.