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This very fine recording of chamber music by Shostakovich spans careers, not only that of the composer, but also that of 79-year-old pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, who played the Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67, for Shostakovich at his home as a young man, but hasn't recorded it until now. There are other strong recordings of this tragic wartime work, which merges the personal and the external in a way that only Shostakovich and Beethoven could do, but sample the heavy, monumental treatment of the slow movement Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67, and you'll find it's Ashkenazy through and through. The program includes the rarely heard Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8, a hotshot bit of formally ingenious, student, late Romanticism that the aging pianist catches perfectly, and the late Viola Sonata, Op. 147, a work that can collapse under its own weight, but that here is charismatic and transcendent. The other players, none of them Russian, adapt with a sure touch to piano-driven performances. A wonderful tribute from one great artist to another who inspired him, beautifully recorded.
© TiVo
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Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Mats Lidstrom, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Mats Lidstrom, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Mats Lidstrom, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Mats Lidstrom, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Mats Lidstrom, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ada Meinich, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ada Meinich, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Recording Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ada Meinich, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
This very fine recording of chamber music by Shostakovich spans careers, not only that of the composer, but also that of 79-year-old pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, who played the Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67, for Shostakovich at his home as a young man, but hasn't recorded it until now. There are other strong recordings of this tragic wartime work, which merges the personal and the external in a way that only Shostakovich and Beethoven could do, but sample the heavy, monumental treatment of the slow movement Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67, and you'll find it's Ashkenazy through and through. The program includes the rarely heard Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8, a hotshot bit of formally ingenious, student, late Romanticism that the aging pianist catches perfectly, and the late Viola Sonata, Op. 147, a work that can collapse under its own weight, but that here is charismatic and transcendent. The other players, none of them Russian, adapt with a sure touch to piano-driven performances. A wonderful tribute from one great artist to another who inspired him, beautifully recorded.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Vladimir Ashkenazy Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay Mats Lidström Ada Meinich
- Composer: Dimitri Chostakovitch
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc ℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc
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