All Shostakovich articles – Page 4
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ReviewVictor 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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ReviewMischa Maisky, Lily Maisky: 20th-Century Classics
A father–daughter combination achieves some almost miraculous musical moments
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ReviewPavel Haas Quartet: Shostakovich
A quartet in its element in the intense, highly charged music of Shostakovich
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ReviewKatherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland: Shostakovich
An intriguing pairing of dramatic cello sonatas, new and established
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BlogsAlban 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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ReviewLeonard Elschenbroich, Alexei Grynyuk: Beethoven
Cellist brings a marvellous spontaneity to Beethoven’s sonatas
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FeatureJulia 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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ReviewMatthew Lipman; Henry Kramer: Bowen, Schumann, Knox, Shostakovich and Waxman
An impressive, lovingly presented recital of viola music
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ReviewBelcea Quartet: Shostakovich String Quartet no.3, Piano Quintet
A non-Russian approach to Shostakovich that’s in a class of its own
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VideoNewly discovered viola impromptu by Shostakovich performed by Paul Neubauer
A previously unknown work by Dmitri Shostakovich, this viola impromptu was discovered in Moscow’s central archive last year and revealed on the composer’s birthday in September. In this video, violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Wu Han perform the piece at Music@Menlo,
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ReviewMats Lidström: Rigoletto Fantasy, Shostakovich Cello Concerto no.1
Mats Lidström (cello), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
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ReviewSheku Kanneh-Mason: Inspiration
Dynamic debut recording from significant young British cellist
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ReviewEldbjørg Hemsing: Concertos by Borgström and Shostakovich
BORGSTRÖM Violin Concerto in G major op.25, SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor op.77
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VideoJohannes Moser performs Shostakovich Cello Sonata with Andrei Korobeinikov
German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser performs the second movement of Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata in D minor with pianist Andrei Korobeinikov. The two are currently on a Canadian recital tour
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ReviewBomsori Kim: Shostakovich and Wieniawski concertos
Two concertos, two eras, two contrasting performances
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FocusDaniel Müller-Schott on Shostakovich's Cello Concerto no.1
For the German cellist, this concerto brings back memories of a year of mentorship by the great Mstislav Rostropovich
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NewsA new work for viola by Shostakovich discovered in Moscow State Archives
The short work for viola and piano, the discovery of which was announced on the composer’s birthday, appears to have been written in one sitting in 1931