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Extraordinary 1941 video of the first two Soviet prizewinners

June 24, 2017 by norman lebrecht

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Emil Gilels and Yakov Flier playing Isaac Albeniz’s Navarra in an arrangement for two pianos. The pair had been the first Soviet pianists to win international piano competitions – Vienna 1936 (second and first) and Queen Elisabeth competition in 1938 (first and third).

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