Vladimir Kastorsky 1906-1939

Vladimir Kastorsky was one of a number of outstanding singers associated with the Imperial Russian Opera in St. Petersburg, and, like so many other Russian artists active at that time his records (made in the first decade of the 20th Century) have always fascinated the collector. Possessing an exceptional voice he was one of an important quartet of basses - the others being Feodor Chaliapin, Lev Sibiryakov, and Konstantin Serebriakov - who saw the commencement of an artistic and vocal line that extended into the late 20th century ...