The sight of a new YouTube video put a smile on my face: the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2, played by Yuja Wang, with the London Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas. The performance ...
Sonata for Piano No. 1 Peter Donohoe, Piano Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings David Curtis, Conductor Orchestra of the Swan Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Peter ...
It may seem straightforward, says the Russian pianist, but Shostakovich’s Second is anything but The Second Piano Concerto (1957) is interesting because it’s supposed to be a student piece (written ...
Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto turned 60 last year. The age matters, because it's often described as the last piano concerto to have entered the general orchestral repertoire. Shostakovich wrote ...
The Guardian: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Piano Quintet in G minor – review
As if to avoid shining too much limelight on the individual – hard in a concerto, by its show-off nature, but no doubt advisable in Soviet years – Shostakovich gives piano and orchestra well-balanced ...
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Piano Quintet in G minor – review
The Guardian: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos CD review – four hands are better than two
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos CD review – four hands are better than two
Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra play Lutoslawski and Panufnik, with Alexander Melnikov in Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto, live at the BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall, ...
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Russian composer of operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and 15 symphonies. Shostakovich was frequently denounced...