Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Seven Romances (1987)
Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok (1987)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 63:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | 411 940-2 | Recorded: 1983, 1986
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 63:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | 411 940-2 | Recorded: 1983, 1986
The piano quintet is one of Shostakovich's most popular chamber music works, and has been ever since the first performance. The premiere came only a few years after "Pravda" had denounced the composer, and the work allowed him to rehabilitate himself and return to public musical life. But the bitter years were not forgotten: although the Soviet authorities were pleased with the new work, it is full of hidden references to the fear-stricken times, and can be understood as a critique of the system. This recording does justice to the work's context, with Ashkenazy and the Fitzwilliam Quartet delivering an extremely expressive performance. They capture the fragility that shows up in the fugue and the intermezzo, and the distorted laughter of the folk melodies, which are mockingly quoted in the scherzo. It is all sounds wonderfully beautiful - even if 1940 was anything but a beautiful time.
Performer:
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Tracklist:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Two Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 36a
01. Elegy
02. Polka
Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127
03. Ophelia's Song
04. Hamayun, The Prophetic Bird
05. We Were Together
06. The City Is Asleep
07. The Storm
08. Secret Sign
09. Music
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
10. Prelude
11. Fugue
12. Scherzo
13. Intermezzo
14. Finale
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Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Seven Romances (1987)
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