Maxim Vengerov plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

In the summer of 1990, the end of the Cold War still felt like a miracle – and the same could be said for the great Soviet orchestras and artists who took advantage of a new freedom to perform in the West. This Munich performance of Tchaikovsky's evergreen Violin Concerto from the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra captures that extraordinary moment. Conductor Pavel Kogan was still in his thirties and Maxim Vengerov was only in his teens – two giants of 21st-century Russian music captured at the height of their youthful freshness and verve. Vengerov's Paganini encore is a dazzling bonus.