All Shostakovich articles – Page 4
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ReviewZEN Trio: Burning through the Cold
Young trio unearths a musical nugget of gold with Armenian rarity
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ReviewMarc Coppey: Shostakovich
Fierce playing captures all the brilliance and brutality of Shostakovich’s music
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ReviewConcert review: Catalyst Quartet, Harlem Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Hall on 30 October 2020
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ReviewZeliha 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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ReviewCalidore Quartet: Babel
Quartet music from three centuries comes together in a breathtaking disc
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ReviewAlban Gerhardt: Shostakovich
A refreshingly individual approach from this most thoughtful of cellists
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ReviewAlina Ibragimova: Shostakovich
Gripping playing captures Shostakovich’s astringent wit and emotional drama
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ReviewIvan Pochekin: Shostakovich
Violinist holds his own in a competitive field of Shostakovich concertos
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ReviewLech Antonio Uszynski: Progetto Gibson
Vivid portrait of a Stradivari viola demonstrates its special qualities
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ReviewConcert review: Quatuor Danel
Peter Quantrill waxes lyrical about the recital at Wigmore Hall, London, on 10 December 2019
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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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