Van Cliburn In Moscow V3

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18; Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30; Encores: Rachmaninoff: Prelude in E-flat, Op.23, No.6; Schumann-Liszt: Widmung

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. Pianist Van Cliburn became an overnight legend when he won the First International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958. This volume features live performances of Rachmaninoff’s Second and Third Piano Concertos, with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Kirill Kondrashin. The Third Concerto is the legendary performance of 1958 which occurred right after Cliburn won the gold medal. Encores are Rachmaninoff: Prelude in E-flat, Op. 23, No. 6; Schumann-Liszt: Widmung; and Solovyov-Sedoy / Matusovsky: Moscow Nights (arr. Van Cliburn). 95 minutes, Black & White, mono, All regions.

Price: $39.98