Shostakovich - Piano Concertos, Violin Sonata
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMC902104
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 6th February 2012
Contents
Works
Piano Concerto no.1 in C minor, op.35Piano Concerto no.2 in F major, op.102
Violin Sonata, op.134
Artists
Alexander Melnikov (piano)Isabelle Faust (violin)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor
Teodor CurrentzisWorks
Piano Concerto no.1 in C minor, op.35Piano Concerto no.2 in F major, op.102
Violin Sonata, op.134
Artists
Alexander Melnikov (piano)Isabelle Faust (violin)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor
Teodor CurrentzisAbout
“The coupling of the Second Piano Concerto and the Violin Sonata on this CD is by no means accidental. In terms of musical language the two pieces stand so far apart that it is difficult to comprehend how the same composer could have written them both. It is true that from its inception the sonata bore the stamp of ‘inaccessibility’, supposedly impossible for a listener to digest, and has never quite achieved the popularity of its counterparts for cello and viola. This music is as far from ‘easy listening’ as it gets. On the other hand the second movement of the Second Concerto is routinely included in ‘light classics’ compilations, broadcast by radio stations and played through headphones to airline passengers or CAT patients to ‘make them feel good’.”
Alexander Melnikov
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