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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No. 2

10/27/2023, 10 Tracks, 1:03:10

Featuring

  • Andrew Litton
  • Marc-André Hamelin
  • Mark O'Keeffe
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Rodion Shchedrin

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Compositional Technique

Rodion Shchedrin's Second Piano Concerto, while influenced by Prokofiev, also incorporates twelve-note techniques, which were still considered controversial in some Soviet circles at the time.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto, originally conceived as a trumpet concerto, was composed between March and July 1933.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Shostakovich composed his Second Piano Concerto for his son, Maxim, who premiered it on his nineteenth birthday, May 10, 1957.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The Second Piano Concerto by Shostakovich fits into the Soviet 'Youth' concerto sub-genre, designed for young players in the state-subsidized music education system.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Shostakovich, despite starting piano lessons late at age nine, rapidly progressed to playing Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata by age fifteen.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto blends frivolity, circus-like routines, and lyricism, showing affinities with works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Gershwin, and Stravinsky.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Rodion Shchedrin, a composer and pianist, served as chairman of the Russian Union of Composers from 1973 to 1990, an organization founded by Shostakovich.

Source: Booklet

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