Tag: Dmitri Shostakovich
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Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 4
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Music for Viola and Piano
“there is much to be said for the spareness of the contrast achieved by the alto stringed instrument alongside the piano in the more elegiac viola sonata. In this form, the piece is lonelier, the viola nobler. Bashmet’s version of the original version (with Sviatislav Richter on Olympia, recorded in 1985, issued in 1997) makes…
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
“Barshai’s performance possesses real urgency and weight of sonority …sense of concentration…satisfying formal coherence…Barshai’s credentials with the composer could hardly be better demonstrated” ( © Gramophone)
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
“Any listeners even remotely interested in historically significant recordings or the intricate political and historical saga that surrounded Dmitry Shostakovich would do well to own this album. In the context of Soviet history, the Eighth Symphony was written at a time when the Soviet army was driving out Nazi invaders; however, this symphony does anything…
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Shostakovich: Vocal Cycles for Bass, Vol. 1
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1941-1945: Wartime Music, Vol. 7
The Wartime Music CD series includes symphonic opuses of several Russian composers created in the years of terrible ordeals undergone by Russia in the Great War. The main goals of the unique project are to preserve the creative heritage of outstanding figures of Russian culture, and to restore historic justice in respect of undeservedly forgotten…
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Brahms & Shostakovich: The Quintets for Piano and Strings
“Students, graduates, and now professors at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire, the members of the St. Petersburg Chamber Soloists are ardent and accomplished musicians, and their performances here of Brahms’ and Shostakovich’s Piano Quartets are passionately massive and powerfully monumental.” -AllMusic
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Für Elise (Lullabies for Liz)
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Shostakovich: Music for Theatre
Almost all the works written by Dmitry Shostakovich for theatre were created during the first part of his artistic career. The 30s were especially productive in this respect. The start of Shostakovich’s work in this field was marked by his cooperation with the prominent Soviet director V. Meyerhold (“The Bug” by Mayakovsky, 1929). An important…
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Russian Folk Songs in Choir Arrangements
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Shostakovich: Complete Works for 2 Pianos
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Shostakovich: Viola Sonata – Violin Sonata – 24 Preludes – 24 Preludes (version for violin and piano)
“This is an extremely…rewarding collection of works by Dmitri Shostakovich.” -AllMusic
