RUSSIAN, SOVIET & POST-SOVIET CONCERTOS A Discography Of CDs And LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Vyatka Province. A late starter in music, his professional training in music began with a theory class in 1861 with Nikolay Zaremba. He entered the Russian Musical Society's recently opened new music school, The St. Petersburg Conservatory. There he studied theory, composition, the piano, flute and organ and his most significant teacher was Anton Rubinstein. It did not take him long to absorb all the lessons the Conservatory had to teach him and he graduated as a fully formed composer who would become the most popular and, arguably, the greatest Russian composer of them all. In the remaining three decades of his life he would produce a plethora of music covering nearly all genres, including, opera, ballet, orchestral, chamber and vocal works, most of which remains constantly performed today. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (1874-5) Behzod Adburaimov (piano)/Juraj Valcuha/ Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI ( + Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3) DECCA CLASSICS 4785360 (2014) Valery Afanassiev (piano)/René Defossez/Belgian National Orchestra ( + Schubert: Piano Sonata in A) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530286 (LP) (1972) Hans Albin (piano)/Donald Lee/Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic ( + Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5, Brahms: Piano Concerto: No. 2, Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Dvorák: Piano Concerto and Grieg: Piano Concerto) TELDEC 2447642 XC (4 CDs) (1989) Géza Anda (piano)/Alceo Galliera/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 and 2 Preludes) TESTAMENT SBT 1064 (1996) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1156 Géza Anda (piano)/Sir Georg Solti/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1958) ( + Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2) ICA CLASSICS ICAC 5092 (2013) Martha Argerich (piano)/Claudio Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Nutcracker Suite) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449816-2 (1996) Martha Argerich (piano)/Charles Dutoit/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 415062-2 (1990) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530112) MusicWeb International Last updated: August 2020 Tchaikovsky Concertos Martha Argerich (piano)/Kiril Kondrashin/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1980) ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3) PHILIPS 446673-2 (1995) (original LP release: PHILIPS 6514118) Martha Argerich (piano)/Kazimierz Kord/Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Schumann: Piano Concerto) ACCORD ACD 020 (2001) (original LP release: MUZA SX 2149) (1980) Claudio Arrau (piano)/Sir Colin Davis/Boston Symphony Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto) UNIVERSAL CLASSICS 475059-2 (2003) (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500695) (1979) Claudio Arrau (piano)/Alceo Galliera/Philharmonia Orchestra (included in collection: "Icon - Claudio Arrau - Virtuoso Philosopher Of The Piano") EMI CLASSICS 18432 (13 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: COLUMBIA SAX 2380) (1961) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)/Konstantin Ivanov/USSR State Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1962) ( + Dumka, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Mephisto Waltz No. 1) MELODIYA BMG 74321 33219-2 (1998) (original LP release: MELODIYA S 0307-8) (1962) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)/Lorin Maazel/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Schumann: Piano Concerto) DECCA 458628-2 (2008) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6058/LONDON CS 6360) Gina Bachauer (piano)/Alec Sherman/London Orchestra HMV CLP 1049/RCA VICTOR LM-1890) (LP) (1955) Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra (London Philharmonic Orchestra) WESTMINSTER XWN 18162/NIXA NCL 16013 (LP) (1955) Joseph Banowetz (piano)/Ondrej Lenárd/Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1988) ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concert No. 2) NAXOS 8.553269 (2000) (original CD release: NAXOS 8.550137) (1992) Daniel Barenboim (piano)/Sergiu Celibidache/Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1991) ( + Schumann: Piano Concerto) EMI CLASSICS 57417-2 (2003) Jean Bargy (piano)/Warren Edward Vincent/Royal Farnsworth Orchestra DESIGN RECORDS DLP 55 (LP) (1957) Tzimon Barto (piano)/Christoph Eschenbach/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ( + Rococo Variations) CAPRICCIO RECORDS 5065 (2011) MusicWeb International p2 Tchaikovsky Concertos Giovanni Bellucci (piano)/Pierre Bartholomée/Liege Philharmonic Orchestra (included in collection: "The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium - Piano 1995") RENE GAILLY CD 90009 (3 CDs) (1995) Boris Berezovsky (piano)/ Dmitri Kitayenko/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto) APEX 89096-2 (2002) (original CD release: TELDEC 2292-46010-2) (1990) Boris Berezovsky (piano)/Dmitry Liss/Ural State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Khachaturian Piano Concerto) WARNER CLASSICS 25646-63074 (2006) Lazar Berman (piano)/Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423224-2 (1996) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530677) (1976) Lazar Berman (piano)/Yuri Temirkanov/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (original version) SCHWANN MUSICA MUNDI CD 11644) (1987) (original LP release: MELODIYA A10 609 000) (1986) Sondra Bianca (piano)/Carl Bamberger/"Orchestra of the Concerts of Paris". COLUMBIA HARMONY HS 11012 (LP) (1959) Sondra Bianca (piano)/Hans-Jurgen Walther/Hamburg Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra ( + Grieg: Piano Concerto) PARLOPHONE PMC 1034/MGM E 3278 (LP) Idil Biret (piano)/Emil Tabakov/Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (rec. 2004) ( + Piano Concerto No. 3) IBA 8.571271(2009) Felicja Blumental (piano)/Michael Gielen/Vienna Musikgesellschaft Orchestra (rec. 1957) ( + Arensky: Piano Concerto) BRANA RECORDS 13 (2006) (original LP release: VOX STPL 511.510 ) (c. 1959) Daniel Blumenthal (piano)/Georges-Élie Octors/Belgian National Orchestra ( + Debussy: Éstampes) QUEEN ELISABETH 1980064 (LP) (1983) Yuri Boukoff (piano)/Jean Fournet/Vienna Symphony Orchestra ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2) FORGOTTEN RECORDS FR (2011) (original LP release: PHILIPS 836213) (1961) Jorge Bolet (piano)/Charles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2) DECCA 421181-2 (1988) MusicWeb International p3 Tchaikovsky Concertos Jorge Bolet (piano)/Günter Wand/NDR Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1985) ( + Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition) HÄNSSLER PROFIL PH09029 (2012) Yefim Bronfman (piano)/Mariss Jansons/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) SONY CLASSICAL 777182 (2007) John Browning (piano)/Seiji Ozawa/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto) RCA VICTROLA 60491 (1990) (original LP release: RCA LSC-3069) (1969) Monique de la Bruchollerie (piano)/Rudolf Moralt/Vienna Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Legendary Treasures - Monique De La Bruchollerie, Volume 2") DOREMI RECORDS 7857 (2 CDs) (2007) (original LP release: VOX PL 7720/PANTHEON XP 2120) (1952) Shura Cherkassky (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo) WORLD RECORD CLUB T 796 (LP) (1969) Shura Cherkassky (piano)/Leopold Ludwig/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON THE ORIGINALS 457751-2 (1999) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LPM 18013/DECCA {US} GOLD LABEL DL9605) (1954) Shura Cherkassky (piano)/Pierre Monteux/Standard Symphony Orchestra (?San Francisco Symphony Orchestra) (rec. 1944) (included in collection: "Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - Broadcast Performances, 1941- 1952") MUSIC & ARTS PROGRAMS OF AMERICA CD 1192 (10 CDs) (2006) Shura Cherkassky (piano)/Sir Georg Solti/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1968) ( + Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee and Cherkassky:Prélude Pathétique) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4160-2 (2004) Myung-Whun Chung (piano)/Charles Dutoit/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto, Rococo Variations and Beethoven: Triple Concerto) AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE ELQ4822085 (2 CDs) (2015) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6955) (1981) Aldo Ciccolini (piano)/André Cluytens/ Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE FALP 102/RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD CLASSICS LBC-1020 (LP) (1951) Aldo Ciccolini (piano)/Constantin Silvestri/Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Française ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Borodin: Petite Suite and Solo Piano Pieces by Arensky, Chopin. Grieg, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky) EMI CLASSICS 385265 (2 CDs) (2008) (original LP release: HMV XLP 20013/LA VOIX DE SON MAÎTRE FALP 30211) (1960) MusicWeb International p4 Tchaikovsky Concertos Van Cliburn (piano)/Istva´n Kerte´sz/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1961) I GRANDI CONCERTI GCL 4 (LP) (1981) Van Cliburn (piano)/Kiril Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1958) ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 and Kabalevsky: Rondo) TESTAMENT SBT 1440 (2000) Van Cliburn (piano)/Kiril Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1958) ( + Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 and Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3) MELODIYA SU 1000250 (2008) (original LP release: MELODIYA SM 03505-6) (1972) Van Cliburn (piano)/Kiril Kondrashin/RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2) RCA VICTOR RD 85912 (1986) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LSC-2252/RCA SB 2006 (1958) Van Cliburn (piano)/Dimitri Mitropoulos/Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York (rec. 1954) ( + Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4) TAHRA TAH 724 (212) France Clidat (piano)/Pierre Cao/Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Tele-Luxembourg ( + Romeo and Juliet) FORLANE FF 008 (1992) (original LP