Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147 / Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (arr viola)

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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147 / Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (arr viola)
Annette Bartholdy (viola), Julius Drake (piano)

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Release Date: Monday 2 February 2004

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Among the select band of twentieth-century composers who have brought the private voice of the viola to public attention, Shostakovich joins the even more select majority with a single masterpiece to their credit

"It takes artists of rare insight and understanding to penetrate beneath the emotionally elusive surface of Shostakovich's death-ridden Viola Sonata. ...Fortunately...Annette Batholdy and Julius Drake are particularly inspired here, the anguish of the viola's intense cadenza passages finding ultimate release in the calm C major of the close." BBC Music

Tracks:

Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40 (arr. for viola)
Viola Sonata, Op. 147