SHOSTAKOVICH; DMITRI

CD From Hell: The Horenstein Horror Show Continues with Shostakovich and Janácek

Jed Distler

Until now, hardcore Jascha Horenstein fans have had to pay […]

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Historical Gems: Shostakovich First Concertos for Violin and Cello

David Hurwitz

Shostakovich had the great good fortune to write for Russia’s

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CD From Hell: Kofman’s Totally Lame Shostakovich Tenth

David Hurwitz

The Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn is not one of Germany’s

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Under The Radar: Kosler’s Shockingly Fine Shostakovich Ninth

David Hurwitz

Mravinsky’s Shostakovich Fifth is a very well-known quantity, and if

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Reference Recording: The Ultimate, Wrist-Slitting, Shostakovich 14th

David Hurwitz

It’s impossible to discuss this symphony without relating three stories.

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A Shostakovich World Premiere

Victor Carr Jr

Orango was planned as a satirical opera to be presented at a celebration of the 15th Anniversay of the October Revolution in 1932. Shostakovich got

Reference Recording: Ancerl Beats The Russians In The Shostakovich 10th

David Hurwitz

It’s amusing to remember that for much of the 1960s,

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The (Happy) Soviet Experience Continues: More Shostakovich Quartets

David Hurwitz

Volume 2 of the Pacifica Quartet’s ongoing and very intelligent series of the complete quartets of Shostakovich plus works by some of his contemporaries consists

Petrenko’s Easy to Digest Shostakovich

David Hurwitz

There are some pieces for which you want to have a score handy if you’re going to listen to them at all. Shostakovich’s Second Symphony

Igoshina’s Impressive Shostakovich Piano Concertos

David Hurwitz

There are many excellent recordings of these works, some of them truly dazzling. Valentina Igoshina doesn’t out-blaze Denis Matsuev and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in