"...while Anatoli Kotscherga richly delivers Marshal Kutuzov's deeply felt monolgue of faith in the Russian people, the musical high point of the war scenes".

"La seconde partie est dominee par l'ecrasante stature d'Anatoli Kotscherga, qui est un admirable Marechal Koutouzov: voix de basse etonnante."

"The fine cast was headed by two basses Anatoli Kotscherga, as the immensly sonorous Dosifei..."