Shostakovich reviews
A Musical Zoo
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) (Chandos)
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 9 & 10 (LSO/Noseda)
London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (LSO Live)
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Joshua Weilerstein (Fuga Libera)
Hallgató
Ferenc Snétberger (guitar); Keller Quartett (ECM)
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Marc Coppey (cello); Polish National Radio Symphony/Lawrence Foster (Audite)
Best recordings of Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2
Erik Levi listens to the best recordings of the Soviet composer’s bleak work for piano, violin and cello, written at a time of personal tragedy for Shostakovich
Babel
Calidore String Quartet (Signum Classics)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 'The Year 1905' (LPO)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO)
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57, etc
Trio Wanderer, et al (Harmonia Mundi)
Cello sonatas by Kabalevsky, Prokofiev & Shostakovich
Steven Isserlis & Olli Mustonen (Hyperion)
Prokofiev • Shostakovich: Violin Sonatas
Natalia Prishepenko (violin), Dina Ugorskaja (piano) (CAVi-music)
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Alban Gerhardt (cello); WDR Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Hyperion)
Muhly/Helbig/Long • Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Jan Vogler (cello); Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev et al (Sony Classical)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar'
Oleg Tsibulko (bass); Russian National Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (Pentatone)
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1 & 5
London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (LSO Live)
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos
Alina Ibragimova (violin); State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov'/Vladimir Jurowski (Hyperion)
Works by Gál & Shostakovich
Briggs Piano Trio (Avie)
Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra; Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings; The Golden Age
Romain Leleu, Antonii Baryshevskyi; Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt/Howard Griffiths (Klanglogo)
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 4 & 10
Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 11 (The Year 1905)
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (DG)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F; Piano Quintet in G minor
Belcea Quartet; Piotr Anderszewski (Alpha)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (Storgårds)
BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds (Chandos)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13
Alexey Tikhomirov, Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus/Dustin Wolfe, Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (CSO Resound)
The Delta Piano Trio perform Piano Trios by Auerbach and Shostakovich
The Delta Piano Trio deliver a very powerful and convincing account of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio, one which takes nothing in the music for granted.