SHURA CHERKASSKY PLAYING THE UNCUT VERSION OF RACHMANINOV'S THIRD CONCERTO AT THE LONDON PROMS SATURDAY 8th SEPTEMBER 1962. THE BBC S.O. IS CONDUCTED BY SIR MALCOLM SARGENT. CHERKASSKY'S TEACHER JOSEF HOFMANN, TO WHOM THE CONCERTO IS DEDICATED, NEVER PERFORMED THE CONCERTO BUT IT WAS ALWAYS A PART OF HIS STAR PUPILS REPERTOIRE. SHURA IS ON GREAT FORM IN THIS RARE PROMS RECORDING FROM 50 YEARS AGO.
