Riccardo Muti conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra guest leader Raymond Cohen in Russian and Spanish orchestral showpieces, recorded at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh.
Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain
Falla: Suite: The Three-Cornered Hat
Between these, the popular Violin Concerto in D major by Tchaikovsky is played by the Italian virtuoso Salvatore Accardo
Mary Marquis introduces the concert, and talks to conductor and soloist about their musical training at the same Conservatoire and their subsequent busy careers.