Russian Masters

Russian Masters

Pictured: The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Credit: Kurt Brownell 

André Laplante plays the blistering Third Piano Concerto of Prokofiev. Also, Vladimir Verbitzky conducts the Ninth Symphony of Shostakovich, a delightful miniature with a subversive subtext.

SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 9

Vladimir Verbitzky, guest conductor
André Laplante, piano

PROKOFIEV  Classical Symphony
PROKOFIEV  Piano Concerto No. 3
GLINKA  Valse-fantaisie