Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
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Dmitri Shostakovich is my favourite composer.
You will find a lot of information on him on the many excellent Shostakovich pages listed below.
So I will only recommend you some of his works, that I like most and good records of them:
- Symphony No. 8
- Symphony No.13
- Symphony No. 4
- Symphony No. 5
- Järvi & Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
- Symphony No.11
- Haitink & Concertgebouw Orchestra (Decca)
- Cello Concerto No. 2
- Schiff, M.Shostakovich & Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Philips)
- String Quartet No. 8
- Brodsky Quartet (Teldec)
- String Quartet No. 5
- Brodsky Quaret (Teldec)
- 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano
- Keith Jarrett (ECM New Series)
- Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District(opera)
Works I know: Symphonies Nos 1-15, String Quartets Nos 1-15, Piano Trios 1&2,
Piano Quintet, Sonata for Viola & Piano, Piano Concertos 1&2, Violin
Concertos 1&2, Cello Concertos 1&2, Ballett Suite No. 5, 'The Age of
Gold' Suite, Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, 'Lady Macbeth of
the Mtsensk District', 'The Gamblers', 24 Preludes and Fugues, Suite
from 'Hamlet', Funeral-triumphal Prelude, Seven Romances on Poems by
Blok,
Suite on Texts of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Shostakovich links:
Music under
Soviet Rule
The DSCH journal home page
Classical
Music Pages: Shostakovich
ClassicalNet:
His musical signature DSCH
