Eight modern composers, from France, Russia, and the United States, wrote music for the album: Isabelle Aboulker, Ivan Barbotin, Eskender Bekmambetov, Jay Greenberg, James DeMars, Andrey Rubtsov, Michael Schelle and Lev Zhurbin.

The common point of the three song cycles is that they are based upon poetry that reflects its authors’ active linguistic integration into Western culture.

[3] A New York Times review of the American premiere at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall with Chamber Orchestra Kremlin stated “The work, a sort of musical theater piece with lyrical, thick orchestral textures, was at times redolent of Shostakovich, Piazzolla and Weill.” [4] Following a performance at the Library of Congress, The Washington Post described “there…” as “a constantly shifting fabric of earthy Russian melody, folksy Americana and all sorts of wryly spoofed dance forms, from ragtime to tango.” [5] The cycle is based on three poems originally written by Vladimir Nabokov in Russian in his youth and self-translated into English towards the end of the author's life.

[6] The cycle, by composer Isabelle Aboulker, is based on four poems written in French by three great poets of the “golden age” of Russia's poetry: Aleksandr Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, and Fyodor Tyutchev.

It was featured on Radio France[8] and has been praised for its “irresistible charm”, “musicality of the singing”, and “originality and quality of realization” [9] as well as for its “luxurious” presentation and “Julia Kogan’s magical voice”.