Vladimir’s bass has 4 gut strings and a wire C string. Broadcast date: October 29, 1950. From a radio program series by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which seem to have been done for PR purposes. Whatever the reason they were interesting. Pieces demonstrated here are:
Beethoven’s Symphony Number 5
Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26 (Ländliche Hochzeit) by Karl Goldmark
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra