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Virtuoso Showpieces by Schumann, Falla, Liszt & Guion / Byron Janis

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Valse oubliée, for piano no 1, S. 215/1 (LW ...
Performers: Janis, Byron
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

A former child prodigy and student of Horowitz, Byron Janis was chosen in 1960 to spearhead a cross-cultural exchange between the US and USSR, making...continue...