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| 1. "Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 35" |
| 2. "Concerto No. 2 For Piano and Orchestra, Op. 102" |
| 3. Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major for Cello and Orchestra |
| 4. I. Allegro moderato - Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Allegro - Moderato (Attacca) |
| 5. II. Lento - Piu mosso - Largo - (attacca) |
| 6. III. Moderato - (attacca) |
| 7. IV. Allegro brio - Presto - Allegretto poco moderato - Allegro con brio - Presto |
| 8. I. Allegro |
| 9. II. Andante |
| 10. III. Allegro |
| 11. I. Allegretto |
| 12. II. Moderato |
| 13. III. Cadenza |
| 14. IV. Allegro con moto |
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mystic joy,
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This review is from: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Cello Concerto No. 1 (Audio CD)
Shostakovich wrote his second piano concerto for his son Maximilian out of a huge sense of relief and joy at the death of Stalin. It sounds like it. The slow movement is arguably one of the most beautiful ever written for the piano, wonderfully romantic, never sentimental. The last movement is simply a tour de joyeux force for orchestra and soloist together. Difficult not to leap up and shout 'yay!' at the end.
The first piano concerto is Shostakovich the mocker; the cello concerto is right up there with the great concertos for that instrument. A stunning disc.
40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Such clarity!,
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This review is from: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Cello Concerto No. 1 (Audio CD)
I've never written a review before, but my listening to this CD after I bought it earlier has compelled me to do so!
This recording of three truly great solists, Yo Yo Ma, André Previn and Leonard Bernstein, is simply fantastic. The amazing work of Shostakovich is given a new lease of life by these contemporary performers, who definitely breathe into it new life. Typically, Shostakovich's cello music is attributed to Rostropovich, but I think Yo Yo Ma's interpretation of this - his edgy sound - is something to rival even him. This is definitely a CD you'll want to play on loud - the orchestral clarity and recording quality is simply divine.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Superb version of the cello concerto,
This review is from: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Cello Concerto No. 1 (Audio CD)
The recordings of the piano concerto are quite old, and it shows. I'm not averse to old recordings in general - the RCA stereo recordings of Heifetz are superb. But these don't sound anywhere near as good as those. The Yo Yo Ma modern digital recording, on the other hand, is superb, and so is Yo Yo Ma. Penguin give him top marks for this performance, and I think it's deserved. The Penguin's praise for Previn and Bernstein is a lot more muted, especially for Previn. I wouldn't praise him at all, it's a very lack lustre performance (digging around in the Gramaphone archives I find an 'expert' agrees with me!) Bernstein gives a better performance, driving the music forward with a lot of energy, and drawing out the beauty of the slow movement, but I've heard better. There's a coupling of this cello concerto with Shostakovich's other cello concerto that looks a better buy to me, wish I'd gone for that. Penguin give high ratings to other couplings of the piano concertos. I'll be looking to buy one of those...
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