The music on this CD is from concert performances, radio broadcasts, and studio recordings from 1959 to 1990.  Sofia Cosma was a great Russian pianist of strong emotional output and authority.

Prize winner in the Viennese International Piano Competition, Sofia Cosma's promising career was tragically interrupted by arbitrary imprisonment of seven years in a Stalinist labor camp. She resumed her career in mid-life to become the most celebrated pianist in Romania. This CD, her first American recording, is presented in celebration of her eightieth birthday.