This recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Byron Janis with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Kirill Kondrashin is a landmark in classical music history. Captured in June 1962 at the Bolshoi Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, this session was among the first classical recordings by an American label Mercury Living Presence made in the Soviet Union during the Cold War era.
Artist(s): Piano – Byron Janis
Conductor – Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra – Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording Info: Engineer – C. R. Fine
Producer - Harold Lawrence
Concerto No 1 recorded on 35-mm magnetic film at the Bolshoi Hall, Moscow Conservatory, Moscow: 13/6/1962
Preludes recorded in 1960
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape
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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 1
1 Vivace 12:01
2 Andante 5:36
3 Allegro Vivace 7:27
Rachmaninoff
4 Prelude In E Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 6 2:51
5 Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 3:50
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