Violin Concerto, Op. 44 played by David Oystrakh (violin) and the U.S.S.R. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by ' Gauk. (Gramophone records)
One of the most attractive Soviet compositions of recent years is Myaskovsky's Violin Concerto, which was first heard in this country in a broadcast on November 21. 1943. Myaskovsky, one of the most respected of the senior Soviet musicians, is a prolific composer of symphonies, but this is his first essay in the field of the violin concerto. David Oystrakh , the Soviet virtuoso, who has recorded the work, wrote of it when it came out in 1938 that ' its appearance enriches not only Soviet violin literature, but the violin literature of the world '.