One of the great Soviet-era conductors, Kirill Kondrashin (1914-81) conducts Orchestre National de France in Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. Salle Pleyel, Paris; December 2, 1976.
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What a great conductor! I only saw him once in concert, just over a year after this video: the concert included the Elgar concerto with Kremer, a work Kremer championed in his early career (though I think there were small cuts). A stunning Brahms 2 followed.