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Shostakovich: Songs for the Front / Arrangements of 27 Songs

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Romances and Songs (27) for voice and piano (arr. of others songs for wartime use)
Performers: Masterov, Valery; Pavlova, Natalia; Tanabe, Ayako
Conductors: Khondzinsky, Nikolay
Ensemble: Soloists of the Russian Conservatory Chamber Capel

During the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted from 1941 to 1944, Shostakovich was famously photographed in a fireman's outfit on the burning rooftops. But he...continue...
Recording information: St Tikhon's Orthodox University, Moscow (2010-01-04&2010-02-24&2010-)....continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Music for Piano Duo and Duet, Vol. 1 / Vicky Yannoula, Jakob Fichert

1 CD / Toccata / 2011-10-11

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Song of the great rivers, Op. 95 "Unity"; Ballet Suite no 2, Op. 89b; Korzinkina's Adventures, Op. 59; Suite for 2 pianos in F sharp minor,...
Performers: Fichert, Jakob; Yannoula, Vicky [Piano]

Much of Shostakovich's orchestral music was first heard in versions he prepared for piano four hands or two pianos - but most of these transcriptions...continue...
Recording information: Hurstwood Farm Piano Studios (07/17/2007/07/20/2007)....continue...

Russian Settings of Robert Burns - Shostakovich, Denisov, Levitin, etc / Savenko, Blok

1 CD / Toccata / 2009-05-12

Works: Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov: Songs to Verses by Robert Burn (9), for voice & piano; Edison Denisov: Songs (2) to Verses by Robert Burns, for voice & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Romances (6) to verses...
Performers: Blok, Alexander [Piano]; Savenko, Vassily

Robert Burns enjoyed a particular following in both Imperial and Soviet Russia as an idealized "people's poet." In the mid-20th century Samuel Marshak's best-selling translations...continue...