Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 [with Shchedrin - Piano Concerto No 5]

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SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 [with Shchedrin - Piano Concerto No 5]
Denis Matsuev (piano) / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev

[ Mariinsky SACD / Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Thursday 10 May 2012

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"these new accounts of the two Shostakovich Concertos must be among the best currently available. He is brilliant and mercurial in the fast movements of both works, creatively negotiating tempo and style and bringing a sense of elan to the Second's outer movements." (BBC Music)

"these new accounts of the two Shostakovich Concertos must be among the best currently available. He is brilliant and mercurial in the fast movements of both works, creatively negotiating tempo and style and bringing a sense of elan to the Second's outer movements...This unfamiliar coupling offers added value for any collector of Russian music." (BBC MUsic)

"everything comes easily together in Shostakovich's Second Concerto, where both soloist and conductor reveal the music's disarming meoldic wit in a relaxed, unpressured manner and deliver a heartfelt, touchingly inflected reading of the Andante that allows the cellos plenty of room to sing out." (Gramophone)

Tracks:

Shchedrin:
Piano Concerto No. 5

Shostakovich:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102