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  • RCA Victor Red Seal

The Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 was the first recording of Van Cliburn in 1958 for RCA Victor. It won Cliburn a Grammy Award and was the first classical recording to go platinum, that is to sell more than a million copies. The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Kirill Kondrashin who at Cliburn's request had been given permission to leave the Soviet Union.

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Classical in form, earnest, spare and grave.

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