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Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
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Commemorations 2025 (Death: Dmitri Shostakovich)
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2024-04-17 12:00:00
Geoff Pearce listens to Pärt and Shostakovich. '... something very special indeed.'
2024-04-17 06:39:00
Southbank Centre's new season: Schoenberg's 150th, the OAE in Bruckner, Joyce Didonato in Berlioz, The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim
Igor Levit (Photo: Felix Broede )The Southbank Centre has announced its Autumn/Winter programme for 2024/25 which includes a five-day Opening Weekend, residencies from violist Lawrence Power, organist James McVinnie and Manchester Collective, and visitors include Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson, the Borodin Quartet celebrating its 80th anniversary, Concerto Italiano, The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and the BBC Concert Orchestra with Unclassified Live.The Opening Weekend, from 25 to 29 September 2024, features Joyce DiDonato in Berlioz with Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia launching its Nordic Soundscapes series with Sibelius, Grieg and María Sigfúsdóttir conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, violist Lawrence Power and composer Thomas Ades, the Multi-Storey Orchestra, cellist Matthew Barley, the Paraorchestra, and the Scottish Ensemble. Pianist Igor Levit performs works by Bach, Brahms and Beethoven in his Royal Festival Hall solo recital debut.Lawrence Power will continue his residency by joining […]
2024-04-12 22:00:00
Shostakovich - Piano Works
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, 24 Preludes,Concertino Opus 94, Suite Opus 6Margarete Babinsky, Holger Busch - pianoRecorded in 2002 and 2005Label: Capriccio SACD 71 087/88 2CD
2024-04-12 04:00:00
Peter Donohoe from 1978 to 2017
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:01 - 03 Piano Concerto No.2 in G major, op.44 (original version) [46'45]04 Piano Concerto No.3 in E-flat major, op.75 [16'07]Peter Donohoe- piano, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rudolf BarshaiEMI CDC749940-2 [recorded August 1986 and July & August 1987; issued 1990][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre, Dorset, UKRecording engineers: Mike Clements and Mike Hatch; Producer: Andrew KeenerPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:01 - 02 Concert Fantasia op.56 [27'52]03 - 05 Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23 [36'03]Peter Donohoe- piano, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rudolf BarshaiEMI CDC749939-2 [recorded July & August 1989 and July 1988; issued 1990][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre, Dorset, UKRecording engineers: Mike Clements and Mike Hatch; Producer: Andrew KeenerRachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Borodin:01 Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paginini, op.43 ^ [23'33]02 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Waltz from 'Swan Lake, Act 1' [7'37]03 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: […]
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