[ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 July 2006
Shostakovich wrote music in all genres but it is for the 15 Symphonies and 15 String Quartets that he is held in the highest esteem and for which he produced some of his greatest works
CD 1 & 2
24 Preludes & Fugues, op.87
CD 3
Piano Sonata No.2, op.61
Three Fantastic Dances, op.5
Five Preludes (1921)
Lyric Waltz (Dances of the Dolls)
Short Piece (The Gadfly)
Spanish Dance (The Gadfly)
Nocturne (The Limpid Stream)
Aphorisms, op.13
Polka (The Golden Age)
CD 4
Piano Sonata No.1, op.12
24 Preludes, op.34
Piano Trio No.2, op.67
CD 5
Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40
Moderato for cello & piano
Two pieces for string quartet: Elegy · Polka
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57