Monitor Presents

Started in 1956 by Michael Stillman and Rose Rubin in New York City, Monitor specialized in music from the former Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, and around the world. Their catalog of more than 250 folk and classical recordings--including original master tapes, graphics, and business papers--was later acquired by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, which has liner notes from some albums free online. Smithsonian's available catalog of "Monitor Presents" recordings can be found here: https://folkways.si.edu/search/?query=monitor+records.