David Oistrakh
The Concerto had been written for Oistrakh and Shostakovich initially played the work through for the violinist in 1948. In the intervening years, the Concerto underwent edits from Shostakovich but also from Oistrakh. Oistrakh's two recordings of the Concerto are widely considered the definitive recordings of the work.
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