Alexei Volodin, considered one of the finest pianists of his generation, shows his technique and sophistication in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. Tchaikovsky himself stubbornly defended this work from its critics, and is said to have declared, “I won’t change a single note!”
Fauré, Pavane, op. 50
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 23
