Another in VAI’s series devoted to the art of Russian pianist Emil Gilels. This fifth volume features Gilels in performances of two cornerstones of the piano literature: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor and Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor.
Color / *B&W, 79 minutes, 4:3, All regions
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23*
(Live performance, 1966)
Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Encore: Arabesque, Op. 18
(Live performance, 1976)
Emil Gilels, piano
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Verbitsky, conductor