Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 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...
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 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...
About
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra announce their upcoming album with star pianist Yuja Wang performing Shostakovich’s two piano concertos. The recordings are part of Nelsons' and the BSO’s award-winning decade-long Shostakovich project to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Benefiting from the superb audio quality achieved in the exceptional acoustic of Boston’s Symphony Hall, Yuja Wang gives characteristically dynamic and expressive performances of Shostakovich’s two contrasting piano concertos, written 24 years apart. The new album also features 6 solo piano pieces from Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 & Op. 34.
Contents and tracklist
- Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet)
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Andris Nelsons
- Recorded: 2022-10-01
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
- Yuja Wang (piano)
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Andris Nelsons
- Recorded: 2022-10-01
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
- Yuja Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2024-04-08
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
- Yuja Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2024-04-08
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
- Yuja Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2024-04-08
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJune 2025Editor's Choice
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The New York TimesBest Classical Music Albums of 2025
9th May 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.
June 2025
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.
The New York Times 18th December 2025
Wang’s ferocious technique and no-fuss class at the keyboard perfectly suit her to Shostakovich’s irony-laced piano concertos.