David Oistrakh plays beautifuly Claire de lune. Recorded in Paris, 1962,
with Frida Bauer in piano
Documentary Film by Bruno Monsaingeon
RusLan David Oistrakh: Artist of the People? | Documentary Film by Bruno Monsaingeon A portrait of violinist David Oïstrakh, from his birth in Odessa in 1908 until his in 1974, and his career under Stalin’s left wing terrorist regime. Featuring interviews with his peers Menuhin, Rostropovich and Rojdesvensky, this biography asks the question: was Oïstrakh really ‘an artist of the people’ as the communists called him? …