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The spectacular line-up can be enjoyed live or on-demand on BBC iPlayer and across the portfolio of TV channels alongside a vast range of box sets, so viewers can choose when and where they want to watch
Immersed in his native land’s repertoire Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev he drew bold, rich sounds from the world’s major orchestras. In Russia, he was adored.
Brahms’s Violin Concerto stands alongside Beethoven’s at the peak of the instrument’s repertoire. Charlotte Gardner makes a selection from almost a century of recordings