Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos, Solo Works
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos, Solo Works
Yuja Wang (piano) Thomas Rolfs (trumpet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 16 May 2025
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This album marks the culmination of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's decade-long, Grammy Award®-winning Shostakovich cycle and is released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the composer's death.
It showcases the star pianist's performances with the BSO under the baton of its Music Director Andris Nelsons of Shostakovich's two contrasting piano concertos - No. 1 in C minor and No. 2 in F major.
Also included are six of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues for solo piano, works which have been chosen by Yuja from the composer's Opp. 34 & 87, and which offer a more intimate glimpse into his pianistic world. They were recorded in what are Wang's first solo studio sessions in several years.
"A genuine collaborative spirit presides over these Shostakovich concerto performances, not to mention the dazzling execution and playful characterisation one expects from this particular piano soloist." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2025
"In Yuja Wang's hands the music comes across as delightfully playful, quick to register variety. Hardly any extended passage passes by without her lighting upon quicksilver changes of colour and accent." Financial Times
Tracks:
Piano Concerto no.1 in C minor, op.35
Piano Concerto no.2 in F major, op.102
Preludes (24), op.34
» no.5 in D major
Preludes and Fugues (24), op.87
» no.2 in A minor
» no.8 in F sharp minor: Prelude
» no.15 in D flat major
