Evgeny Kissin - The Complete Rca & Sony Classical Album Collection

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The career of Evgeny Kissin (1971) after the studies at the Gnessin Musical College in Moscow, early directs to the discography. At the age of 11, Kissin makes his debut with the Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra and during the following year he plays in his first piano solo recital in Moscow. The talent of Kissin explodes on the international scene in 1984 when he records the two piano concertos by Chopin with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Moscow. In 1985 he first plays in the UK, alongside Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin and the Director Valery Gergiev. At the New Year's Concert in 1988 Kissin plays the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 by Tchaikovsky with the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. In September 1990 he makes his debut in North America with the two concertos by Fryderyk Chopin with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta. He also performs in the 100th season of the Carnegie Hall. At Teatro alla Scala in Milan he plays solo recitals in 1991, 1997 and 2005 and in 2010 he plays the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Chopin. Many of these extraordinary achievements are included in the box set documenting all of Kissin recordings for RCA and Sony Classical. This specially priced hardcover box set faithfully reproduces all the original LP and album covers.