Lebrecht Weekly | Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber symphonies (SWR Music)
During gaps between COVID shutdowns, when small performances were possible, musicians turned with much ingenuity to chamber symphonies, a neglected genre midway between a Brahms…
Browsing: Dmitri Shostakovich
Lebrecht Weekly | Matangi: Outcast (PIAS)
I dithered for weeks over whether or not to review this release, for reasons that will soon become clear. In the course of my indecision…
CD Reviews
Shostakovich plays Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich, Iosif Volovnik, Daniil Shafran, David Oistrakh, Maxim Shostakovich, Miloš Sádlo, Nina Dorliak, Zara Dolukhanova, Aleksei Maslennikov, Mieczysław Weinberg, Alexander Gauk,…
CD – Tim Brady – Music For Large Ensemble
Tim Brady, Music For Large Ensemble / Bradyworks Large Ensemble, dir. Cristian Gort / Starkland ST-230, 2018 We find two Tim Brady works on this album…
Celebrating a Century of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with Poetry and Music
PREVIEW: of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at 100, at New York City’s 92nd Street Y, Monday, November 19, 7:30 p.m.; and INTERVIEW: with pianist and conductor Ignat Solzhenitsyn,…
Delta Piano Trio’s Fresh Take on Shostakovich
Shostakovich, Auerbach: Piano Trios Delta Piano Trio As the last releases of the year drop through the door, this is an instant ear grabber. Debate…
Jaap van Zweden Masterly in Shostakovich Eighth
by Paul E. RobinsonClassical TravelsMeyerson Symphony CentreDallas, TexasOctober 22, 2010Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony No. 8Nicola Benedetti, violinDallas Symphony Orchestra/Jaap van ZwedenJaap van Zweden took most…
Rach 3 Rocks with Nissman and the Austin Symphony!
by Paul E. RobinsonLast week, at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Peter Bay and the Austin Symphony presented an all-Russian program: Rachmaninov’s Vocalise,…
The Odd Couple: Britten and Shostakovich Superb Match Under van Zweden & DSO
by Paul E. RobinsonThere are plenty of recordings of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 Op. 60 (Leningrad), but one rarely gets a chance to hear it…
