All Shostakovich articles – Page 3
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Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn
Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn The Strad Issue: January 2021 Description: Newly formed French trio demonstrates its distinctive drama and beauty Musicians: Zeliha Trio Works: Shostakovich: Piano Trio no.1 in C minor op.8. Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D minor op.32. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no.1 in D ...
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Calidore Quartet: Babel
Quartet music from three centuries comes together in a breathtaking disc
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Alban Gerhardt: Shostakovich
A refreshingly individual approach from this most thoughtful of cellists
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Alina Ibragimova: Shostakovich
Gripping playing captures Shostakovich’s astringent wit and emotional drama
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Ivan Pochekin: Shostakovich
Violinist holds his own in a competitive field of Shostakovich concertos
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Lech Antonio Uszynski: Progetto Gibson
Vivid portrait of a Stradivari viola demonstrates its special qualities
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Concert review: Quatuor Danel
Peter Quantrill waxes lyrical about the recital at Wigmore Hall, London, on 10 December 2019
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Victor Julien-Laferrière: Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Denisov
Victor Julien-Laferrière: Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Denisov The Strad Issue: February 2020 Description: Queen Elisabeth winner is completely at home in Russian cello music Musicians: Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello) Jonas Vitaud (piano) Works: Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor op.40. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor op.19. Denisov: Variations on ...
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Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky: 20th-Century Classics
A father–daughter combination achieves some almost miraculous musical moments
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Pavel Haas Quartet: Shostakovich
A quartet in its element in the intense, highly charged music of Shostakovich
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Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland: Shostakovich
An intriguing pairing of dramatic cello sonatas, new and established
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Blogs
Alban Gerhardt on playing the Britten and Shostakovich sonatas side by side
Their composers may have been friends but these two 20th-century masterpieces, written 30 very eventful years apart, could hardly be more different
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Leonard Elschenbroich, Alexei Grynyuk: Beethoven
Cellist brings a marvellous spontaneity to Beethoven’s sonatas
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Feature
Julia Fischer and Vadim Gluzman on Shostakovich's violin sonata
Fifty years ago, David Oistrakh premiered Shostakovich’s violin sonata. Here Andrew Morris discusses the work with Julia Fischer and Vadim Gluzman
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Matthew Lipman; Henry Kramer: Bowen, Schumann, Knox, Shostakovich and Waxman
An impressive, lovingly presented recital of viola music