COMPOSERS: Shostakovich
LABELS: Praga Digitals
ALBUM TITLE: Shostakovich plays Shostakovich
WORKS: From Jewish Folk Poetry; Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2; Concertino for Two Pianos; Piano Quintet; Cello Sonata; Preludes and Fugues, etc
PERFORMER: Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) et al
CATALOGUE NO: PRD 250 365.66 (1940-50)
Intense, searing recordings by the composer himself and friends – emotionally raw, often revelatory. Frenetic moments sometimes considered ‘black humour’ actually teeter over the abyss of panic.
Jessica Duchen