All Shostakovich articles – Page 5
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ReviewSimone Lamsma plays Gubaidulina and Shostakovich
Gripping accounts of virtuoso Russian violin concertos, old and new
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ArticleArcanum - Auerbach: Arcanum, Shostakovich (arr. Auerbach)
The Strad Issue: February 2017Description: Lera Auerbach arranges and composes for the violist Kim KashkashianMusicians: Kim Kashkashian (viola), Lera Auerbach (piano)Composer: Lera Auerbach, ShostakovichCatalogue number: ECM NEW SERIES 481 2322 Lera Auerbach’s involvement with Shostakovich’s piano Preludes op.34 began at the turn of the present century, when ...
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ArticleShostakovich: Complete String Quartets
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Brodsky returns to Shostakovich's quartets with breathtaking successMusicians: Brodsky QuartetComposer: ShostakovichCatalogue number: CHANDOS CHAN 10917 (6 CDs) The Brodsky’s first complete Shostakovich cycle (recorded in 1989 for Teldec) was a notable achievement by any standards. Without inflicting the ...
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ReviewGlazunov: 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 Benedetti ...
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ReviewWeinberg: 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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ReviewShostakovich: 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 2016Description: Subtle and restrained playing in Shostakovich’s chamber musicMusicians: Delian Quartet, Anatol Ugorski (piano)Composer: ShostakovichThe 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 Adrian Pinzaru is bleak, ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Chamber Symphonies: op.73a, op.83a (both arr. Barshai); Traditional: Romanian and Russian klezmer music
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: Barshai’s quartet arrangements illuminated by top-class playingMusicians: Re:Orchestra/Roberto Beltrán ZavalaComposer: Shostakovich; TraditionalAfter 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. The present CD offers ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Cello Concertos nos.1 & 2
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Capuçon and Gergiev find the chamber intimacy in the cello concertosMusicians: Gautier Capuçon (cello) Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery GergievComposer: ShostakovichIt is difficult for anyone recording these particular scores to ignore the towering presence of Mstislav Rostropovich, for whom both concertos were written and who ...
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ArticleCellists 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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ReviewWartime Consolations. Hartmann: Concerto funebre. Shostakovich: Unfinished Violin Sonata (1945). Weinberg: Concertino op.42; Moldavian Rhapsody op.47 no.3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: November 2015Description: Dark Hartmann, lighter Weinberg and a Shostakovich firstMusicians: Linus Roth (violin) José Gallardo (piano) Württemburg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn/Ruben GazarianComposer: Hartmann, Shostakovich, WeinbergA Shostakovich premiere in 2015? Linus Roth has done his homework and dug out the unfinished movement for a ...
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BlogsVideo: 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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ArticleNicola 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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ReviewShostakovich: 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 2016Description: Shostakovich’s Sonata and some cuttings from the composer’s workbenchMusicians: Sasha Rozhdestvensky (violin) Jeremy Menuhin, Mookie Lee-Menuhin (piano) Ilona Domnich (soprano) Alexandra Sherman (mezzo-soprano)Composer: Shostakovich; Stravinsky; BragaCatalogue Number: FIRST HAND RECORDS FHR 37Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata, written in 1968 as a 60th-birthday present for ...
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ArticleCarducci 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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ReviewFive 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 2015Description: A celebration of an under-sung violinist now in her eightiesMusicians: Camilla Wicks (violin) various artistsComposer: Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis, Ravel, Sarasate, Scărlătescu, Schubert, Shostakovich, R. Strauss, Tailleferre, Tchaikovsky, ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Preludes op.34 (selection). Rachmaninoff: Eleven Romances (all transc. Urasin)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Eloquent, expressively performed transcriptions of piano preludes and songsMusicians: Boris Andrianov (cello) Rem Urasin (piano)Composer: Shostakovich, RachmaninoffEnterprising, imaginative and brilliantly executed, this CD is almost faultless, even if the recorded sound is perhaps a bit too resonant for my taste. ...
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ReviewUnder the Stars. Works by Spencer, Bull, Debussy, Elgar, Bizet/Hubay, Hubay, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler, Fauré, Brahms, Shostakovich and Siem
The Strad Issue: April 2015Description: Starry violinist dazzles and charms in a disc of encore piecesMusicians: Charlie Siem (violin) Munich Radio Orchestra/Paul GoodwinComposer: Spencer, Bull, Debussy, Elgar, Bizet/Hubay, Hubay, Dvorˇák, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler, Fauré, Brahms, Shostakovich and SiemThis disc features a generous mix of virtuoso fireworks and sweetmeats ...
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ReviewShostakovich: String Quartets nos.14 op.142 & 15 op.144; Two Pieces op.36
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: The Czech ensemble offers rapt readings of Shostakovich’s last quartetsMusicians: Pražák QuartetComposer: ShostakovichThe 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, given here as 1841–1904, ...
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ArticleDavid 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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NewsBorodin Quartet signs to Decca Classics
Long-standing Russian quartet will record major Shostakovich cycle