Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Giltbur
) | Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8573666 Format: CD Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Owens, Rhys; Petrenko, Vasily; Giltburg, BorisShostakovich’s two Piano Concertos span a period of almost thirty years. The youthful First Piano Concerto is a masterful example of eclecticism, its inscrutable humour and seriousness allied to virtuoso writing enhanced by the rôle for solo trumpet. Written as a birthday present for his son Maxim, the Second Piano Concerto is light-spirited with a hauntingly beautiful slow movement. With the permission of the composer’s family, Boris Giltburg has arranged the exceptionally dark, deeply personal and powerful String Quartet No. 8, thereby establishing a major Shostakovich solo piano composition.  Price: $19.98 |