Van Cliburn In Moscow, Volume 1

Moscow Philharmonic; Kyrill Kondrashin, conductor

Beethoven: Concerto No.5, in E-flat major, Op.73; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23; Encores: Chopin Fantasy in F minor, Op.49; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.12

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Van Cliburn's triumph at the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Cliburn's winning the Competition in 1958 at the height of the Cold War between the US and the USSR made Cliburn a hero and a superstar at home. VAI is proud to announce a series of five DVDs to commemorate his victory in Moscow.
These are performances filmed in Moscow during his 1958, 1962 and 1972 visits to the Soviet capital. These broadcasts have not been seen in the West until now.
Volume One presents Cliburn and the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Kiril Kondrashin in Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 (Kondrashin was the conductor on Cliburn's best selling RCA recording of the Tchaikovsky). These 1962 performances also include encores by Chopin and Liszt.

Price: $34.98