Dmitry Shostakovich - A Portrait

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Album Summary

Performers

• Dmitry Shostakovich (Piano)
• Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano)
• Boris Berman (Piano)
• Ilya Kaler (Violin)
• Michael Houston (Piano)
• Annette Bartholdy (Viola)
• Julius Drake (Piano)
• Peter Mikulás (Bass)

Conductors

• Kuchar, Theodore
• Lyndon-Gee, Christopher
• Slovak, Ladislav
• Wit, Antoni
• Yablonsky, Dmitry

Ensembles

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• New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
• Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice
• Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• Russian State Symphony Orchestra
• Stockholm Arts Trio
• Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra
• Vermeer Quartet

Composers

• Spoken Word
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)

Notes & Reviews:

"Is this a CD set with substantially expanded album notes or a book with two accompanying CDs? The booklet contains an excellent monograph by Richard Whitehouse that concisely sketches the life, times, and art of the composer with insight and clarity in 92 jewel-case sized pages. References to the two dozen music cues on the CDs, drawn from Naxos's vast catalog, are interspersed at appropriate spots in the narrative. The musical excerpts are not bleeding fragments but whole movements, so the listener at least gets to experience the logic and progression of largely self-contained musical units. Whitehouse does an outstanding job of packing the maximum of information into the short booklet... The booklet also lists the catalog numbers of the Naxos releases containing the complete works to help the listener embark on further exploration of the music." -ARG

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Works Details

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Prelude & Fugue for piano no 1 in C major, Op. 87/1

• Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950-1951

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Fantastic Dances (3) for Piano, Op. 5 :: Fantastic Dance in C, Op. 5/3

• Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1920.
• Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1920

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10 :: Movement 1

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Notes: Composition written: 1923-25.
• Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1923-1925

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Golden Age (as used in the film "Testimony") :: no 2

• Conductor: Christopher Lyndon-Gee
• Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1930.
• Running Time: 9 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a :: no 8

• Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky
• Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1933.
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1933

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Prelude for piano, in E flat minor ("Zoya prelude"), Op. 34/14

• Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1932-33.
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1932-1933

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43 :: Movement 2

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Notes: Composition written: 1935-36.
• Running Time: 8 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1935-1936

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47 :: Movement 4

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Running Time: 11 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1937

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57 :: Movement 3

• Performer: Boris Berman (Piano)
• Ensemble: Vermeer Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1940

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65 :: Movement 3

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Notes: Composition written: 1943.
• Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1943

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67 :: Movement 2

• Ensemble: Stockholm Arts Trio
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1944

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 :: Movement 1

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Notes: Composition written: 1945.
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1945

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99) :: Movement 3

• Performer: Ilya Kaler (Violin)
• Conductor: Antoni Wit
• Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice
• Notes: Composition written: 1947-48.
• Running Time: 10 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1947-1948

Word, Spoken : Excerpt from a radio address by Shostakovich

• Period Time: Post Romantic

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Prelude & Fugue for piano no 13 in F sharp major, Op. 87/13 :: Prelude in F sharp major, Op. 87/13a

• Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950-1951

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93 :: Movement 4

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Notes: Composition written: 1953.
• Running Time: 13 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1953

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a :: Movement 3

• Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
• Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1955.
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1955

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102 :: Movement 2

• Performer: Michael Houston (Piano)
• Conductor: Christopher Lyndon-Gee
• Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1957

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Op. 110 :: Movement 5

• Notes: Composition written: 1960.
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1960

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar" :: Movement 2

• Performer: Peter Mikulás (Bass)
• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1962

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Hamlet, film score, Op. 116 (unrelated to incidental music) :: Movement 4

• Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky
• Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1963-64.
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1963-1964

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Quartet for Strings no 12 in D flat major, Op. 133 :: Movement 1

• Notes: Composition written: 1968.
• Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, strings & percussion, Op. 135 :: Movement 9

• Performer: Peter Mikulás (Bass)
• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Notes: Composition written: 1969.
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1969

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 15 in A major, Op. 141 :: Movement 1

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Running Time: 8 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1971

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 :: Movement 1

• Performers: Annette Bartholdy (Viola); Julius Drake (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1975.
• Running Time: 11 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1975

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Prelude & Fugue for piano no 24 in D minor, Op. 87/24 :: Fugue in D minor, Op. 87/24b

• Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950-1951