Shostakovich: Violin Sonata in G Major & 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Arr. D. Tsyganov and L. Auerbach for Violin & Piano)
1/12/2018, 27 Tracks, 1:14:43
Featuring
Sergey Dogadin
Nikolai Tokarev
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Notable Performances
The Violin Sonata was premiered in Moscow by violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Sviatoslav Richter on May 3, 1969.
Compositional Technique
The Violin Sonata's final movement, Largo, is the last occasion on which Shostakovich used the passacaglia form, a sequence of variations on a theme, to structure an entire movement.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Shostakovich's piano and chamber music, including the works on this album, served as a repository for some of his most abstract and personal ideas.
Performer Biography
Sergei Dogadin, the violinist on this album, is the winner of ten international competitions, including the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011 and the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover in 2015.
Composition History
The 24 Preludes, Op. 34, were composed by Shostakovich in the winter of 1932-33, following the same tonal order as Chopin's Op. 28 Preludes.
Instruments
Sergei Dogadin performs on a G.B. Guadagnini violin from Parma, 1765, provided by the F. Behrens Stiftung in Germany.
Composition History
Shostakovich composed his Violin Sonata, Op. 134, between August and October 1968, as a belated 60th birthday present for violinist David Oistrakh.
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