Stepan Degtyarev
Stepan Anikiyevich Degtyarev , was a Russian composer. He was most famous for his nationalistic Russian choral music.
His oratorio Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow concerned the 1612 liberation of Moscow from Polish occupation during the Time of Troubles interregnum by the Second Zemschina Army led by Kuzma Minin-Sukhoruk, a fishmonger, and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky.
Works, editions and recordings
Works- Oratorio Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow «Минин и Пожарский, или освобождение Москвы» 1811
- Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow, Conductor Sergei Skripka, The Moscow [Philharmonic Orchestra], Melodiya 1990