Шостакович Дмитрий

There is a special quality to Russian Piano Concertos: apart from their jaw dropping virtuosity and orchestral brilliance they share that common Slavonic flavor, an undefinable mixture of melancholy and passion, whether smouldering or blazing. This set contains the famous concertos by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, but also lesser known composers: Anton Rubinstein, Medtner, Glazunov, Kabalevsky, Scriabin, Khatchaturian, Arensky, Balakirev, Lyapunov, Bortkiewicz and Khrennikov. Adding extra spice to the set are the concertos by Scharwenka and Moszkowski, Polish by birth but Slavic in spirit. Excellent performances by Michael Ponti, Boris Giltburg, Yevgeny Kissin, Stefan Doniga and others. Newly written liner notes are included in the booklet.

A Tribute to Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), mythical leader who championed 'serious' music on television and made a sensation by adding the 10th Symphony of Shostakovich to his repertoire recording it twice. Beethoven's 5th became, in its post-Napoleonic and then European context, the most played work in the world - today joined by Schubert's unfinished Symphony. The juxtaposition of these two 'proclamations' of uncontrollable energy is no longer a political or even aesthetic provocation, but brings together two worlds, one of freedom, courage and the almost military discipline taken over from Haydn, but also of fraternity announcing the 9th, hymn to the glory of humanity, the other, a film of tragic images, of despair, terror, violence, for only three minutes of triumph. Since its creation in 1953 by Mravinsky, this work has gradually also imposed its worrying universality

Artist: Shostakovich; Artist: Tabakov Label: Gega

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A logical, albeit little performed combination of the first three symphonies by a highly gifted young Shostakovich, who went on to lend his astonishing orchestration talents to a host of avant-garde theatre and ballet productions and to the budding film industry. Although a true activist, he enjoyed the protection of a General and the CultureMinister (that is, until they were discretely eliminated). Here is an unexpected selection, in turn amusing or mainstream, but never vulgar.

Artist: D. SCHOSTAKOWITSCH Label: RELIE

Composer: Various; Conductor: Sir Georg Solti; Performer: Sir Georg Solti; Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti Label: Decca

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Струнные квартеты Шостаковича, ставшие в аранжировке знаменитого Рудольфа Баршая симфониями для струнных, в исполнении оркестра «Виртуозы Киева», под управлением своего основателя и руководителя, известного дирижера и виолончелиста Дмитрия Яблонского Kiev Virtuosi, Dmitry Yablonsky

Bach: Violinkonzerte BWV 1041-1043; Konzert BWV 1060 für Violine, Oboe, Streicher, Bc +Bartok: Violinkonzert Nr. 1 +Berg: Violinkonzert „Dem Andenken eines Engels“ +Beethoven: Violinkonzert op. 61; Konzertsatz WoO 5; Romanze Nr. 1 op. 40 für Violine & Orchester +Brahms: Violinkonzert op. 77; Konzert op. 102 für Violine, Cello, Orchester +Mendelssohn: Konzert d-moll für Violine, Klavier, Orchester; Violinkonzert d-moll op. posth. +Mozart: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1-5; Sinfonia concertante KV 364 +Schostakowitsch: Violinkonzert Nr. 2; Violinsonate op. 134 +Vivaldi: Violinkonzerte op. 8 Nr. 1-4 „Die vier Jahreszeiten“; Concerto RV 576; Concerto RV 582 „Per la S. S.ma Assunzione di Maria Vergine“ +Glass: Violinkonzert; Violinkonzert Nr. 2 +Schumann: Violinkonzert nach dem Cellokonzert op. 129 +Schubert: Konzertstück D. 345; Polonaise D. 580; Rondo D. 438; 5 Deutsche Tänze D. 89 +Tschaikowsky: Violinkonzert op. 35; Serenade melancolique op. 26 +Paganini: Violinkonzert Nr. 4; Suonata Varsavia +Bernstein: Serenade nach Platos „Symposium“ +Rorem: Violinkonzert (1984) +Schnittke: Violinkonzert Nr. 2; Concerto for Three; Concerti grossi Nr. 1 & 5; Quai una Sonata für Violine & Streicher; Moz-Art a la Haydn für 2 Violinen, 2 kleine Streichorchester, Kontrabass; A Paganini für Violine solo +Gubaidulina: Violinkonzert „Offertorium“; Hommage a T. S. Eliot +Lourie: A Little Chamber Music; Concerto da Camera; A Little Gidding +Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit op. 58 +Vieuxtemps: Fantasia appassionata op. 35 +Chausson: Poeme op. 25 Liszt / Dreznin: Concerto quasi una fantasia "After reading Dante" +Chizhik: Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Mozart für Klavier, Streicher, Percussion +Vustin: Tango Hommage a Gidon für Violine, Streicher, Percussion +Kancheli: Rag-Gidon-Time für Violine, Streicher, Klavier; Ex Contrario +Bakshi: The Unanswered Call für Violine, Streicher, Handy +Pelecis: Meeting with a Friend für Violine & Streicher +Dunayevsky / Dreznin: Circus Fantasy +Pärt: Estonian Lullaby