Many arrangements of Shostakovich's ballet, film, and incidental music, particularly by his close friend Levon Atovmian, provided him with income during a difficult period in his career (1949-1953).
Performer Biography
Steven Osborne, a British pianist, won first prize in the prestigious Clara Haskil Competition in 1991 and the Naumburg International Competition in New York in 1997.
Compositional Technique
In his First Cello Sonata, Alfred Schnittke magnifies basic tonal elements like major/minor thirds and perfect cadences, distorting them to create a subversive effect.
Compositional Technique
Alfred Schnittke, a Soviet composer, is known for his 'polystylism,' a technique that combines 'light' and 'serious' music, including jazz, operetta, and classical quotations.
Performer Biography
Alban Gerhardt, a cellist, launched his career in 1991 with an invitation to play with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Dmitri Shostakovich, a Soviet composer, sought a simple, clear, and expressive musical language around the time he composed his Cello Sonata.
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Fratres
Shostakovich, D.: Cello Sonata, Op. 40 / Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor - Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D Minor
Cello Recital: Altstaedt, Nicolas - Beethoven, L. Van / Webern, A. / Bach, J.S. / Ligeti, G. / Stravinsky, I.
