SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Quintet
Shostakovich’s energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes, with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting, perfectly captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war, played here by Principals of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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"One of the most impressive performances of the Quintet that I've heard in recent years" BBC Music Magazine, July 2011
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Quintet
Vladimir Jurowski conductor Martin Helmchen piano Paul Beniston trumpet Pieter Schoeman violin Vesselin Gellev violin Alexander Zemtsov viola Kristina Blaumane cello LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
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Listen to excerpts below, including the whole of the third movement of the Quintet.
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Piano Concertos recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, 23 April 2008 and 25 April 2009. Piano Quintet recorded at Henry Wood Hall, June 2010.
Publisher: Anglo-Soviet Music Ltd (for Great Britain and British Commonwealth excluding Canada)
