Shostakovich wrote his First Cello Concerto for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. He loved it so much, he learnt the whole piece off-by-heart in four days. Timecodes refer to the ...
Philharmonic Orchestra under their new artistic director Vasily Petrenko, perform Shostakovich’s Cello Concertos No. 1 and No. 2 with cellist Truls Mork. Technically assured and graceful performances ...
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Xavier Phillips, Cello Les Dissonances David Grimal, Director Symphony No. 5 Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer David Grimal, Director ...
As with Bach’s St Matthew Passion, this disc presents an unfamiliar early version of a known masterpiece. Prokofiev wrote his Cello Concerto in the 1930s, but it failed to win favour (“grunting and ...
When there’s a final reckoning of Andris Nelsons’ tenure as artistic head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, his performances and recordings of Dmitri Shostakovich's music will certainly ride high on ...
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