Leonid Kogan - Historic Russian Archives

THE LEONID KOGAN EDITION
Historic Russian Archives
Russian violinist Leonid Kogan’s career was overshadowed by that of his compatriot David Oistrakh. Kogan was, and is, a less well-known name in the West, in spite of his superb technique, lean tone and his triumph at the Queen Elizabeth Competition in 1951.
Kogan married Emil Gilels sister, Elizaveta, another violinist and they regularly appeared on stage together. Kogan also performed trios with Emil Gilels and Rostropovich.
In his solo performances Kogan showed himself to be very versatile performing anything from the Bach solo suites to Paganini concerti. This set includes rarely heard concertos by the likes of Denisov and Khrennikov, some smaller works and arrangements for violin and orchestra and a large amount of varied chamber music.
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