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| Composer | Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1944 |
| Work type | Instrumental |
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StuttgartEncounter
Gubaidulina, Shostakovich
Musicians from Staatsorchester Stuttgart; Sebastian Mangold; Christina Becker; Thomas Bilowitzki
HamburgDrei Trios, drei Welten
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich
Hovhannes Baghdasaryan; Sebastian Mirow; Olena Kushpler
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Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall
Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.
Evgeny Kissin and friends explore Shostakovich at Carnegie Hall
A chamber programme of Shostakovich’s private idioms and public masks
Absolute conviction: Alina Ibragimova and friends
Alina Ibragimova and friends join forces at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in two powerful chamber works composed at the height of the Second World War.
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Bachtrack top ten: Dmitri Shostakovich
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.