Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35
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Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
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... —
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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
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedBoris Giltburg (piano), Rhys Owens (trumpet)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Boris Giltburg and Vasily Petrenko are a tight unit, the pianist’s dashing virtuosity and subtlety of touch matched by equally incisive interpolations from the orchestra —
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Building A Library, May 2021, Recommended Recording - Piano Concerto No. 2
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Shostakovich / Shchedrin - Piano Concertos
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano), Mark O’Keefe (trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Marc-André Hamelin is a superb advocate for all three pieces - the zip and zest of much of the writing presenting no difficulty to this extraordinary virtuoso. —
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Building A Library, May 2021, Also Recommended - Piano Concerto No. 2
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Quintet & Concertino
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Sergei Nakariarov (trumpet), Renaud Capucon (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Lyda Chen (viola)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Verdernikov
Here's an excellent, multi-faceted programme which reflects both Shostakovich's madcap humour and his more "private", expressive side. A truly charismatic and exhilarating experience. —
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Award Winner
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Building a Library, March 2019, Recommended Recording
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Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Andris Nelsons
It truly is a monumental collection that shows both Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the height of their capabilities...If forced to choose I would say that the second movement of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th March 2025
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Shostakovich - The Jazz Album
Ronald Brautigam & Peter Masseurs
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos
Alexander Melnikov (piano), with Isabelle Faust (violin), with Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis
his lightning switches of tempo and mood in the fast movement outdo most competitors for bizarrerie...Melnikov includes a searing, thrilling account of Shostakovich's late Violin Sonata, Op.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2
Simon Trpčeski (piano), Andrei Kavalinski (trumpet), Aleksandar Krapovski (violin), Alexander Somov (cello), Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Cristian Măcelaru
This recording, co-produced by and starring Simon Trpčeski, makes a lovely shop window for what the composer could do with the piano...Trpčeski and trumpeter Andrei Kavalinski revel in [No.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet
Martin Helmchen (piano), Paul Beniston (trumpet), Pieter Schoeman, Vesselin Gellev (violin), Alexander Zemtsov (viola) & Kristina Blaumane (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Helmchen shows himself adept in all aspects of No. 1's quirky humour and satirical modernism, No. 2's playful high spirits and - in the famous Andante - a nostalgic romanticism Rachmaninov might... —
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Shostakovich - The Jazz Album
Ronald Brautigam (piano), Peter Masseurs (trumpet)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Shostakovich's lively and endearing forays into the popular music of his time were just that, and light years away from the work of real jazz masters such as, say Jelly Roll Morton or Duke Ellington... —
