This week Penny Gore focuses on American composers and Russian composers, and on performers who had important careers in the USA during the Soviet era.
7.00-8.30: Prokofiev Four Pieces, Op 32 Boris Berman (piano) Ives, orch Schuman Variations on America Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Morton Gould Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 11 Beaux Arts Trio
8.30-10.00: Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
Jascha Heifetz , Chicago SO, conductor Fritz Reiner