A recent concert by the distinguished Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello) at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. paired Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144

Shostakovich: Preludes op.34 – V. Allegro vivace From Dimitri Shostakovich – Sonata No. 2 and 24 Preludes Released by Outhere Music Shostakovich: Preludes op.34 – V. Allegro vivaceRecorded in Flagey’s unsurpassable Studio N4 in Brussels, here’s the first CD of

In 1935, Benjamin Britten spoke rather despairingly of the musical scene in the 20th century. “The real musicians are so few & far between, aren’t they? Apart from Berg, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Bridge one is a bit stumped for names,

Moderato for Cello and Piano Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello Pascal Amoyel, piano BBC National Orchestra of Wales Pascal Rophé From Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto no.1 Sonata for Cello and Piano op.40 (2013) Released by Harmonia Mundi Shostakovich: Moderato for Cello

Leonard Slatkin conducts Shostakovich and Beethoven: 2 Ninth SymphoniesOrchestre National de Lyon, The Gulbenkian Choir, Manuela Uhl, Bea Robein,Christian Elner, Morten Frank Larsen29 June 2012, Auditorium de Lyon Watch the concert Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

Concerto no.1 for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra Op.35 – Lento Alexander Melnikov, piano Isabelle Faust, violin Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet Mahler Chamber Orchestra Teodor Currentzis, conductor From Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 134 (2012) Released by