Nobuyuki Tsujii - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 14

Nobuyuki Tsujii - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 14 concert. (The real name of this title is Nobuyuki Tsujii at White Nights.) Nobuyuki Tsujii plays piano and Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra at the 2012 White Nights Festival. Here's the program:

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov Prelude in G sharp minor
Tsujii Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011
Tchaikovsky "November" from The Seasons
Shostakovich Symphony No. 14

Singers are Olga Sergeyeva (soprano) and Yuri Vorobiev (bass). No videographer credited on keepcase art (bad sign). Released 2013, disc has 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. Grade: NA

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