Shostakovich - Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
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Chamber » Sonatas » Cello Sonatas
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2; Britten: Cello Sonata
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson, Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason states that he has played [the Shostakovich sonata] since his teenage years, and his affinity with its melodic phrases and emotional tenor is well formed. He brings a lovely... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello) & Olli Mustonen (piano)
Isserlis and his long-term colleague Olli Mustonen make a compelling case for Kabalevsky’s Cello Sonata, finding such expressive drama that for once I was not distracted by the Sonata’s obvious... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 2nd February 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st February 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Winner - Chamber
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In many respects Alfred Schnittke seems to take Shostakovich's unique brand of introverted lyricism and his penchant for grotesque imagery to new levels of intensity. This link is palpably... —
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Their music-making is uniquely bonded from the start, an easeful gliding into the simple language of the Shostakovich Cello Sonata (Weinberg's melodic uniqueness, too, in his Second Sonata)...All... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th June 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Recording of the Week
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Russian Cello Sonatas
RecommendedLynn Harrell (cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
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Building a Library, January 2007, Budget Choice
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Special offer. Russian Cello Sonatas
RecommendedTruls Mørk (cello) & Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Lars Vogt (piano)
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich (piano), Ludovic Vaillant (trumpet), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens
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Special offer. The Poet’s Echo
Britten - Prokofiev - Shostakovich
Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), Abi Hyde-Smith, Jocelyn Freeman (piano)
The album’s main glory is the singing of Gemma Summerfield, a soprano endowed with a firm technique and an intense tone with laser-beam attributes even on high. Phrasing and expression are excellent,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Zwischen Nostalgie und Revolution
Works by Robert Schumann, Dmitri Shostakovich and Bohuslav Martinů
Benedict Kloeckner (cello), Danae Dörken (piano)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Building a Library, January 2007, SACD Choice
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