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Shostakovich: Orchestral Works

1/13/2023, 13 Tracks, 1:02:43

Featuring

  • Pietari Inkinen
  • Maria Meerovitch
  • Sergei Nakariakov
  • Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

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Compositional Technique

Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, includes numerous parodistic allusions and self-quotations, such as themes from Beethoven's 'Appassionata' and Haydn's Piano Sonata in D major.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, features a unique instrumentation where the piano is accompanied by a string orchestra and a single trumpet, which acts as both a reduced brass section and a second solo instrument.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Dmitri Shostakovich, despite receiving the highest Soviet honors, was twice subjected to defamatory campaigns under Joseph Stalin, leading him to fear for his life.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, was composed in just over four months in 1933, following his opera 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The 'Chamber Symphonies' on this album are arrangements of Shostakovich's string quartets by conductor Rudolf Barshai, made with the composer's approval.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

After the condemnation of his opera 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk', Shostakovich cultivated a musical style that allowed him to express personal feelings under the guise of 'Socialist Realism'.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110, was written in just three days in 1960, deeply affected by the war-torn city of Dresden, and is considered an autobiographical work.

Source: Booklet

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