Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Tchaikovsky: Elegy for String Orchestra in G Major Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 The Russian National Orchestra has been in demand throughout the music world ever since its 1990 Moscow premiere. Of the orchestra's 1996 debut at the BBC Proms in London, the Evening Standard wrote, "They played with such captivating beauty that the audience gave an involuntary sigh of pleasure." More recently, they were described as "a living symbol of the best in Russian art" (Miami Herald) and "as close to perfect as one could hope for" (Trinity Mirror). - InCMajor