Quatuor Molinari: The Quartet According to Shostakovich
Quatuor Molinari marks the recent 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death with a series of Montreal concerts featuring his complete string quartets. “This is one of…
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Lebrecht Weekly | Dmitri Shostakovich: The last 3 quartets (Harmonia Mundi)
There is a tension within this recording that I have struggled to resolve. The Cuarteto Casals are currently among the world’s best string quartets, certainly…
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4 and 11 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Two problematic symphonies by a tortured composer are despatched by the Boston Symphony and its Latvian conductor with near-nonchalance. The 4th, withheld by the composer…
Les Saisons Russes de Montréal: Fifth Edition
Saisons Russes de Montréal celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The festival was founded by two pianists, Jean-Fabien Schneider and Irina Krasnyanskaya, the latter of…
