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The Essential Van Cliburn

A national hero when he was only 23 years old, pianist Van Cliburn has been one of classical music’s few true household names ever since his triumph at the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow – the first American ever to win there, a Cold War – thawing phenomenon that led to a frenzied ticker-tape parade for Cliburn in New York. He was one of the first million-selling classical artists in the LP era, and his catalogue of critically hailed, best selling recordings for RCA Red Seal includes many of the most popular concertos and solo piano works of the Romantic era.