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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos

8/28/2015, 9 Tracks, 49:50

Featuring

  • Anna Vinnitskaya
  • Tobias Willner
  • Omer Meir Wellber
  • Ivan Rudin
  • Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Kremerata Baltica
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

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Compositional Technique

Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 35, features a second 'solo instrument' in the form of a trumpet, in addition to the piano and string orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made after Anna Vinnitskaya's debut at the International Shostakovich Festival Gohrisch, where she performed the two piano concertos with Kremerata Baltica and the wind soloists of the Staatskapelle Dresden.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Shostakovich himself described his First Piano Concerto as "a mocking challenge to the serious, conservative character of the traditional classical concerto."

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The International Shostakovich Festival Gohrisch, where the performers on this album played, is the world's only annual festival dedicated to the composer.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Anna Vinnitskaya, the pianist on this recording, grew up in the Russian port of Novorossiysk with Dmitri Shostakovich's music as a natural part of her life.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto was banned from Soviet concert programs for many years after 1936, following accusations of "Western decadence."

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Shostakovich composed his Second Piano Concerto in F major, Op. 102, for his son Maxim's nineteenth birthday, and Maxim premiered it at his graduation concert.

Source: Booklet

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