Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; Piano Trio No. 2; String Quartet No. 1
11/10/2023, 13 Tracks, 1:16:14
Featuring
Igor Uryash
Alla Aranovskaya
Ilya Teplyakov
Alexey Koptev
Leonid Shukayev
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Performer Biography
The St Petersburg String Quartet was formed in 1985 by graduates of the Leningrad Conservatory and won First Prize at the All-Soviet Union String Quartet Competition.
Composition History
Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2 was directly inspired by the death of Russian musicologist Ivan Sollertinsky in February 1944.
Composition History
The Piano Quintet in G minor was composed in 1940 and was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and Shostakovich himself on November 23, 1940.
Critical Reception
The Piano Quintet in G minor was awarded a Stalin Prize of 100,000 roubles.
Performer Biography
Igor Uryash, the pianist on this recording, was born in St Petersburg in 1965 and won First Prize at the Vercelli Chamber Ensemble Viotti Competition in Italy in 1991.
Composition History
Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2 was completed on August 13, 1944, and premiered on November 9, 1944, in Leningrad by the composer and members of the Beethoven Quartet.
Composition History
Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 1 was composed in 1938, a period of personal joy for the composer following the birth of his son Maxim and the successful premiere of his Symphony No. 5.
