Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and String Quartet No. 8
7/13/2017, 13 Tracks, 1:09:41
Featuring
Vasily Petrenko
Boris Giltburg
Rhys Owens
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Recording & Production
The arrangements of String Quartet No. 2 and String Quartet No. 8 for piano by Boris Giltburg are world premiere recordings.
Interpretation
Boris Giltburg, the pianist on this recording, arranged Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 for solo piano to access the depth of Shostakovich's chamber music.
Composition History
Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, a tragic autobiographical work, was composed in Dresden shortly after he was forced to join the Communist Party.
Compositional Technique
The First Piano Concerto, completed in 1933, is a masterful example of eclecticism, drawing from various sources including Beethoven, Haydn, and folk tunes.
Compositional Technique
The String Quartet No. 8 features Shostakovich's musical signature, D.S.C.H (D-E flat-C-B), which recurs over a hundred times.
Composition History
The Second Piano Concerto was written in 1957 by Shostakovich as a birthday present for his son, Maxim.
Composer Biography
Dmitry Shostakovich, the composer, was forced to join the Communist Party in 1960, which he perceived as a devastating personal and moral defeat.
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