BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CDs special price] Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips / Decca Collectors Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Kocsis penetrates to the very centre or soul of this music" The Penguin Guide to CDs |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 / Viola Sonata Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin) & Mats Lidstrom (cello) Ada Meinich (viola) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "Ashkenazy and his colleagues bring out [the First Trio's] lyrical qualities to the full, with no shortage of momentum where required…Ashkenazy and Ada Meinich certainly bring verve and pungency to the [Viola Sonata]" (Gramophone) |