CRITICS CHOICE You will find in this selection of first prize winners (five of which are Russians) are scarcely less than brilliant also-rans an overall standard that is awe-inspiring… music written to provoke and destabilise the more conservative elements of the Russian establishment. More generally, this is a compendium of truly great playing. • Bryce Morrision, Gramophone September 2013Works:
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23