 The album featured The Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pavel Kogan and respected Western musicians Alvin Lee, Paul Carrack, Mel Collins, Phil Palmer and J.J. Belle.Successful in the USSR, it was the beginning of the career of Valeria who has become one of the most popular singers in Russia.Shulgin then created "Merry Christmas to the World", an East-West collaboration between Shulgin and BBC Worldwide.