Emil Gilels – Piano Concerto No. 3 / Double Concerto In E Flat For 2 Pianos (1965/2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

Emil Gilels – Piano Concerto No. 3 / Double Concerto In E Flat For 2 Pianos (1965/2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

Period Records presents this legacy recording in pristine high-fidelity digital transfer, featuring pianist Emil Gilels with the Radio Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin, as they perform a programme of Mozart and Beethoven!

David Oïstrakh – Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 – Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (1958/2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

David Oïstrakh – Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 – Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (1958/2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (né Eustrach; 30 September [O.S. 17 September] 1908 – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor.

Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Dmitri Shostakovich’s violin concerti and the violin concerto by Aram Khachaturian. He is considered one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century.

Branka Musulin – Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 / Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 (1958/2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Branka Musulin – Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 / Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 (1958/2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Branka Musulin (6 August 1917 – 1 January 1975) was a German-Croatian classical pianist and teacher.

Modeste Moussorgski – Khovantchina (1965/2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

Modeste Moussorgski – Khovantchina (1965/2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

This obscure recording preserves the work of some of the most magnificent singers from the Soviet era. Boris Khaikin conducts a taut, dramatic reading of Moussorgsky’s unfinished masterpiece. While many people think this opera is greater than Boris Godunov, I do not agree. I find the music and the dramatic unfolding of Boris to be vastly superior to Khovanshchina. But that does not mean that Khovanshchina is an inferior work. It is quite beautiful, although chaotic in its structure.

Alexander Glazounov – Scenes De Ballet / Valse De Concert No. 1 / Valse De Concert No. 2 (1954/2021) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

Alexander Glazounov – Scenes De Ballet / Valse De Concert No. 1 / Valse De Concert No. 2 (1954/2021) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

Aleksandr Vassilievich Gauk (15 August [O.S. 3 August] 1893 – 30 March 1963) was a Russian/Soviet conductor and composer.

Aleksandr Gauk was born in Odessa in 1893. He recalled his first experience as hearing army bands and his mother singing and accompanying herself at the piano. When he was seven he began piano studies and at 17 travelled to St Petersburg and managed to gain entrance to the class of Daugover, later moving over to Felix Blumenfeld. He saw Arthur Nikisch, Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss conduct and was particularly taken by the former.