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| Composer | Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1933 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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SingaporeYeol Eum Son & Thomas Rösner / Shostakovich and Mendelssohn
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Mozart, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Rösner; Yeol Eum Son; Jon Paul Dante
PerthDvořák "New World Symphony"
Shostakovich, Dvořák
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Steven Osborne; Aaron Azunda Akugbo
EdinburghDvořák "New World Symphony"
Shostakovich, Dvořák
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Steven Osborne; Aaron Azunda Akugbo
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Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne: Gershwin, Shostakovich
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Two works by Shostakovich sandwiching Rhapsody in Blue made for an exhilerating concert from the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne
Bach sheds light in an impressively dark outing from the ACO
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Energetic commitment from the ACO at the Barbican, with precision and edge from Alexander Melnikov and Jeroen Berwaerts in an evening of darkness and light.
Levit and New York Phil principals in double concertos
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In a subscription performance supposed to yield no surprises, Igor Levit makes his own mark in Shostakovich.
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AmsterdamShostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 1
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Mariss Jansons; Yuja Wang; Omar Tomasoni
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Bachtrack top ten: Dmitri Shostakovich
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Conformist or closet dissident? Dmitri Shostakovich had to adapt, chameleon-like, to the changing political climate in the Soviet Union, toeing the party line where necessary, but planting his music with coded messages.