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Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings & Rarities

Alexei Mochalov (bass), Andrei Pushkarev (percussion), Kremerata Baltica (chamberensemble), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Rostislav Krimer (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Madara Petersone (violin), Georgijs Osokins (piano), Daniel Ciobanu (piano), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Alexander...

Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings & Rarities

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Among the most intriguing are three orchestral fragments from Shostakovich's first opera The Nose which for unknown reasons were suppressed before the work's first staging in 1928...But my personal...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20254 out of 5 stars

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Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings & Rarities

Alexei Mochalov (bass), Andrei Pushkarev (percussion), Kremerata Baltica (chamberensemble), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Rostislav Krimer (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Madara Petersone (violin), Georgijs Osokins (piano), Daniel Ciobanu (piano), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Alexander...

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Among the most intriguing are three orchestral fragments from Shostakovich's first opera The Nose which for unknown reasons were suppressed before the work's first staging in 1928...But my personal...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20254 out of 5 stars

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Marking the 50th anniversary year of Shostakovich’s death, our new album Shostakovich Discoveries features world premiere recordings and rarities from the iconic composer, performed by artists including Daniil Trifonov, Gidon Kremer and Nils Mönkemeyer.

Most of the pieces were recorded at the International Shostakovich Festival in Gohrisch (Saxony), the world’s only annual Shostakovich festival. Shostakovich Discoveries features almost 80 minutes of largely unknown music by the composer and is released digitally and on CD – a must for every Shostakovich fan.

Artists

Alexei Mochalov (bass), Andrei Pushkarev (percussion), Kremerata Baltica (chamberensemble), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Rostislav Krimer (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Madara Petersone (violin), Georgijs Osokins (piano), Daniel Ciobanu (piano), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Alexander Roslavets (bass), Andrei Korobeinikov (piano), Staatskapelle Dresden, Thomas Sanderling

Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: Anti-Formalist Rayok (Arr. Pushkarev for Bass Vocalist, Percussion & Chamber Orchestra)
Work length18:28
  • Alexei Mochalov (bass), Andrei Pushkarev (percussion), Kremerata Baltica (chamberensemble)
  • Recorded: 2014-09-25
  • Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden
Shostakovich: Impromptu for Viola and Piano
Work length5:53
Shostakovich: Scherzo for Piano, Op. 1a
Work length4:59
Shostakovich: 3 Fugues for Piano
Work length7:41
No. 1
Track length2:34
No. 2
Track length1:28
No. 3
Track length3:39
Shostakovich: 3 Fragments from the Opera "The Nose"
Work length12:24
Entr'acte: In Front of Kazan Cathedral
Track length4:08
Beginning of Act III
Track length3:19
Entr'acte No. 10a
Track length4:57
Shostakovich: 5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano (Arr. Atovmyan)
Work length9:42
No. 1, Prelude
Track length2:13
No. 2, Gavotte
Track length1:38
No. 3, Elegy
Track length2:31
No. 4, Waltz
Track length1:41
No. 5, Polka
Track length1:39
Shostakovich: In the Forest
Work length2:35
  • Daniel Ciobanu (piano)
  • Recorded: 2019-06-22
  • Recording Venue: Gohrisch, Concert Barn
Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue in C-Sharp Minor (Compl. Meyer)
Work length3:22
I. Prelude
Track length1:47
II. Fugue
Track length1:35
Shostakovich: Murzilka
Work length0:38
Shostakovich: Yelabuga Nail (Compl. Raskatov)
Work length9:58

Awards and reviews

  • International Classical Music Awards
    2026
    Winner (ex aequo) - Premiere Recordings

August 2025

Among the most intriguing are three orchestral fragments from Shostakovich's first opera The Nose which for unknown reasons were suppressed before the work's first staging in 1928...But my personal favourite is a haunting Impromptu for viola and piano from 1931 which was only discovered as recently as 2017.
4 out of 5 stars

July 2025

Fairly well known are the Five Pieces for two violins and piano, in Levon Atovmyan’s arrangements: hard to begrudge their inclusion when the performances are as silky smooth and idiomatic as here.
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