This album presents a joint project of the Tula Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the renowned Russian musician Vladislav Lavrik who acts as both a soloist and conductor. This is how he explains his position: “To me, on the one hand, this is the opportunity to prepare the orchestra, as close as possible, for the sound that I want to hear, and on the other hand, a rather complicated and responsible system of interaction with the musicians during performance. The works I perform on this album were written in a time when conducting as a profession didn’t exist. The composers used to lead the performances of their opuses sitting at the harpsichord or playing the violin.”