Tag Dmitri Shostakovich

The French National Orchestra With Tadaaki Otaka And Romain Descharmes Play Music Of Takemitsu, Rachmaninov And Shostakovich – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The French National Orchestra – Tadaaki Otaka, guest Cond -Romain Descharmes, piano – May 18, 2014 – Radio France Musique Over to Paris this week for a look back at Spring…

Alena Baeva With Valery Gergiev And The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra Play Music Of Shostakovich – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Cond. – Alena Baeva, Violin – Salle Pleyel – February 16, 2014 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mariinsky Theatre…

NBC Symphony String Quartet – Western Hemisphere Premier – Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 – 1945 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Back to premiers this weekend. This one; the Western Hemisphere First Performance of the 2nd String Quartet of Dmitri Shostakovich. Regarded as one of the most important Modern Composers of the mid-twentieth century, NBC Radio devoted several broadcasts premiering Shostakovich’s…