Martin Helmchen, Paul Beniston, Pieter Schoeman, Vesselin Gellev, Alexander Zemtsov, Kristina Blaumane, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski - Shostakovich: Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet (2011) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 35: I. Allegretto-Allegro vivace - Moderato
02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 35: II. Lento
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 35: III. Moderato
04. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 35: IV. Allegro con brio
05. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: I. Allegro
06. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante
07. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: III. Allegro
08. Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57: I. Prelude
09. Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57: II. Fugue
10. Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57: III. Scherzo
11. Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57: IV. Intermezzo
12. Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57: V. Finale



Shostakovich’s energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes, with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting, perfectly captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war, played here by Principals of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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