Credits:

Leonid Kogan, Kirill Kondrashin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Arthur Grumiaux, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Orchestre National de France.

Brahms heard in Kogan’s extended performance andGrumio’s Tchaikovsky captivates with its beautiful tone.Spectrum Sound carefully reissued on CDSpectrum Sound’s popular “Analog Collector” series presents Leonid Kogan’s immortal Brahms with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Kondrashin. The CD reissue is carefully made from U.K. Columbia LPs owned by the label’s owner. Kogan’s performance of Brahms is very expressive, especially in the second movement. The second movement is especially moving, and the performance is magnificent, as one would expect from a 20th-century virtuoso.The coupling is a recording of Tchaikovsky performed by Goumiaux from a previous release on the same label. The velvety tone, voluptuous sound, and natural phrasing of Grumiaux’s Tchaikovsky is nothing short of superb. The fac