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| Composer | Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1960 |
| Work type | Chamber |
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MarvãoChamber Music - Novus String Quartet
Haydn, Shostakovich, Dvořák
Novus String Quartet; Jaeyoung Kim; Young-Uk Kim; Kyuhyun Kim
HamburgInnere Stimmen
Turina, Shostakovich, Dvořák
Mariko Miwa; Yu Lin; Juhee Lee; David Martín Gutiérrez
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Thomas Adès and Yuja Wang offer contemporary works at the NY Phil
Yuja Wang returns to the New York Philharmonic with Rautavaara’s dazzling First Piano Concerto in a probing program curated and conducted by Thomas Adès.
Yuja Wang serves an iridescent musical feast in Cleveland
Yuja Wang does double duty in demanding piano concertos by Ravel and Ligeti, while conductor Petr Popelka shows his chemistry with the orchestra in Pictures at an Exhibition.
Total Shostakovich in Leipzig
The combined forces of the Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony unite under Andris Nelsons for a searing Leningrad Symphony, while the Quatuor Danel tackles the string quartets.
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SalfordCries and Whispers: Isolation Broadcast #1
Gesualdo, Britten, Shostakovich
Manchester Collective
MadridAVAILABLE IN SPAIN ONLY - Cuarteto Bretón: Stradivarius del Palacio Real
Luaces, Shostakovich, Guridi
Cuarteto Bretón
SalfordCries and whispers
Gesualdo, Britten, Shostakovich
Manchester Collective; Caroline Pether; Doriane Gable; Ruth Gibson
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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.