«…I tried to fit into the situation created by Vassiliev in the most organic way, so that the music would become an inseparable part of this situation. Nonetheless, I believe that the music to The Iliad is capable of an independent existence. This is greatly enhanced by the remarkable performance skills of the chorus of The Iliad, obtained in collaboration work with Andrei Kotov, Svetlana Anistratova and Tatiana Grindenko – the latter should be especially credited for the majority of innovations in terms of acoustics and articulation, which have become a hallmark of the present recording…» Vladimir Martynov