A surprising mini-BaL: Tchaik PC1

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The 5 chunks were played in the Radio 3 Tchaikovsky/Stravinsky week. Most of the music was absorbed into Swan Lake.

[Barbirollians]

Given that it's a live off-air recording with some audience noise and the occasional smudge from Richter, I would say they make the best possible case for this old warhorse. Richter is with the Moscow PO under the electrifying Kondrashin.

Richter is your man in romantic Russian concertos IMO. Think of that Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2 with Wislocki on DG -peerless.