All Shostakovich articles – Page 4
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ArticleShostakovich: Complete String Quartets
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2017 Description: The Brodsky returns to Shostakovich's quartets with breathtaking success Musicians: Brodsky Quartet Composer: Shostakovich Catalogue number: CHANDOS CHAN 10917 (6 CDs) The Brodsky’s first complete Shostakovich cycle (recorded in 1989 for ...
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Review
Glazunov: Violin Concerto op.82; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no.1 op.99
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Sweetness rather than bite in two major 20th-century violin concertos Musicians: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits Composer: Glazunov, Shostakovich Catalogue number: DECCA 478 8758 ...
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Weinberg: Solo Violin Sonatas nos.1–3; Shostakovich: Three Fantastic Dances (transc. Glikman)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Roth goes it (largely) alone as he reaches Weinberg’s three solo sonatas Musicians: Linus Roth (violin), José Gallardo (piano) Composer: Weinberg, Shostakovich Catalogue number: ...
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Shostakovich: String Quartets: no.4 in D major op.83, no.6 in G major op.101; Piano Quintet in G minor op.57; Theatre Suite (arr. Wilson, Pierini, Ekimovsky)
The Strad Issue: April 2016 Description: Subtle and restrained playing in Shostakovich’s chamber music Musicians: Delian Quartet, Anatol Ugorski (piano) Composer: Shostakovich The Delian Quartet opens Shostakovich’s Fourth Quartet with rich, straightforward playing, and subsequently shows a certain reserve. In the Andantino the playing of first violinist ...
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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies: op.73a, op.83a (both arr. Barshai); Traditional: Romanian and Russian klezmer music
The Strad Issue: April 2016 Description: Barshai’s quartet arrangements illuminated by top-class playing Musicians: Re:Orchestra/Roberto Beltrán Zavala Composer: Shostakovich; Traditional After Rudolf Barshai showed his string-orchestra arrangement of Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet to the composer, he was given carte blanche to arrange any other pieces he wished. ...
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Shostakovich: Cello Concertos nos.1 & 2
The Strad Issue: February 2016 Description: Capuçon and Gergiev find the chamber intimacy in the cello concertos Musicians: Gautier Capuçon (cello) Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev Composer: Shostakovich It is difficult for anyone recording these particular scores to ignore the towering presence of Mstislav Rostropovich, for whom both concertos ...
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Cellists Gautier Capuçon and Stéphane Tétreault perform Shostakovich
Gautier Capuçon and Stéphane Tétreault perform Shostakovich's Prelude from his Five Pieces for Two Violins, arranged for cello duo.Capuçon is interviewed about his Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle in The Strad’s February 2016 issue – download now through The Strad App or on desktop computer.Watch: Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs ...
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Wartime Consolations. Hartmann: Concerto funebre. Shostakovich: Unfinished Violin Sonata (1945). Weinberg: Concertino op.42; Moldavian Rhapsody op.47 no.3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: November 2015 Description: Dark Hartmann, lighter Weinberg and a Shostakovich first Musicians: Linus Roth (violin) José Gallardo (piano) Württemburg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn/Ruben Gazarian Composer: Hartmann, Shostakovich, Weinberg A Shostakovich premiere in 2015? Linus Roth has done his homework and dug out ...
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Blogs
Video: Sergei Dogadin's winning Shostakovich performance at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
Sergei Dogadin gives his winning performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover.The 27-year-old Russian, who won first prize the Paganini International Violin Competition in 2005 and second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011, receives a cash prize of ...
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Nicola Benedetti performs Shostakovich's Gadfly Romance at the Proms
Violinist Nicola Benedetti, The Strad's September 2015 issue cover star, performs the Romance from Shostakovich's Gadfly Suite with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Last Night of the Proms 2012 in London.Watch Benedetti's bow go flying during a rehearsal with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Edinburgh.Subscribe to ...
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Shostakovich: Violin Sonata op.134; Unfinished Violin Sonata; Andantino from String Quartet no.4 op.83 (arr. Dmitri Tsyganov). Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (arr. Shostakovich). Braga: La Serenata (a
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: Shostakovich’s Sonata and some cuttings from the composer’s workbench Musicians: Sasha Rozhdestvensky (violin) Jeremy Menuhin, Mookie Lee-Menuhin (piano) Ilona Domnich (soprano) Alexandra Sherman (mezzo-soprano) Composer: Shostakovich; Stravinsky; Braga Catalogue Number: FIRST HAND RECORDS FHR 37 Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata, written in 1968 ...
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Carducci Quartet performs Shostakovich's String Quartet no.8
The Carducci Quartet performs the second movement of Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet. The British ensemble is taking on the complete Shostakovich cycle this year to mark four decades since the composer's death - read about their project in The Strad's June 2015 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad ...
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Five Decades of Treasured Performances. Works by Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis,
The Strad Issue: August 2015 Description: A celebration of an under-sung violinist now in her eighties Musicians: Camilla Wicks (violin) various artists Composer: Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis, Ravel, Sarasate, Scărlătescu, Schubert, Shostakovich, R. ...
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Shostakovich: Preludes op.34 (selection). Rachmaninoff: Eleven Romances (all transc. Urasin)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: May 2015 Description: Eloquent, expressively performed transcriptions of piano preludes and songs Musicians: Boris Andrianov (cello) Rem Urasin (piano) Composer: Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff Enterprising, imaginative and brilliantly executed, this CD is almost faultless, even if the recorded sound is perhaps a bit ...
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Under the Stars. Works by Spencer, Bull, Debussy, Elgar, Bizet/Hubay, Hubay, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler, Fauré, Brahms, Shostakovich and Siem
The Strad Issue: April 2015 Description: Starry violinist dazzles and charms in a disc of encore pieces Musicians: Charlie Siem (violin) Munich Radio Orchestra/Paul Goodwin Composer: Spencer, Bull, Debussy, Elgar, Bizet/Hubay, Hubay, Dvorˇák, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler, Fauré, Brahms, Shostakovich and Siem This disc features a generous mix of ...
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Shostakovich: String Quartets nos.14 op.142 & 15 op.144; Two Pieces op.36
The Strad Issue: March 2015 Description: The Czech ensemble offers rapt readings of Shostakovich’s last quartets Musicians: Pražák Quartet Composer: Shostakovich The two Shostakovich quartets on this recording are described in the booklet as his last diptych, although the proofreader missed the wild inaccuracy of his dates, ...
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David Oistrakh performs Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no.1 cadenza
David Oistrakh performs the cadenza to Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto. Watch David Oistrakh perform Bach’s Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin. Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti’s ‘s influence on Prokofiev’s violin concertos and sonatas in The Strad’s March 2015 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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News
Borodin Quartet signs to Decca Classics
Long-standing Russian quartet will record major Shostakovich cycle
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The Nightingale Quartet performs Shostakovich
The Nightingale Quartet performs the Adagio from Shostakovich's Third String Quartet. The Copenhagen-based ensemble is featured in The Strad's January 2015 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos nos.1 & 2
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2015 Description: Searching and haunting accounts of Shostakovich’s two concertos Musicians: Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/John StorgŠrds Composer: Shostakovich Christian Tetzlaff might have been born to play the Shostakovich concertos. His questing spirit, penetrating tonal inflections and clarity of ...
