Gregor Piatigorsky plays William Walton’s Cello Concerto, a work that he commissioned in 1956. He is accompanied by Malcolm Sargent and the BBC Symphony. This performance, the work’s British premiere, was originally telecast live by the BBC on February 13, 1957:
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