I have absolutely no objections concerning the interpretation and the choir, which has got the right "Russian" sound; but whether depending on the recording or the setting, it consequently sounds a semitone higher than any other recording I have heard - for instance, it sounds as if it would begin in D flat instead of in C etc. You certainly don't have to be a musical freak to find that odd - the keys have got totally different luster! I find it almost impossible to enjoy the recording simply because I have the persistent feeling that there is something wrong about it all.