PIANO CONCERTOS 1 & 2 / VIOLIN SONATA OP 134

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Label
HARMONIA MUNDI
Release Date
February 14, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH
    • PERFORMER
      Berwaerts, Faust, Mennikov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 14, 2012
    • UPC
      3149020210420
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HMF902104.2
    • LABEL
      HARMONIA MUNDI
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov

      Conductor: Teodor Currentzis

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov

      Conductor: Teodor Currentzis

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov

      Conductor: Teodor Currentzis

    4. I. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov

    5. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov

    6. III. Largo - Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov

    7. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov, Jeroen Berwaerts

      Conductor: Teodor Currentzis

    8. II. Lento

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov, Jeroen Berwaerts

      Conductor: Teodor Currentzis

    9. III. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov

      Conductor: Teodor Currentzis

    10. IV. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov, Jeroen Berwaerts

      Conductor: Teodor Currentzis


Accompanied by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Teodor Currentzis, Alexander Melnikov captures this feeling admirably in the two Piano Concertos, and perhaps still more poignantly, - "with disarming sincerity and fearless directness," to quote his booklet note - alongside Isabelle Faust in the Violin Sonata Op.134.