Since you are interested in Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op.102 / Symphony for Strings in A flat Op.118a, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Film Music of Vol. 2 (Includes 'the Gadfly' & 'the Golden Mountains') BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Shostakovich hated writing for films. Yet the melodic invention , orchestration and atmospheric variety of these scores completely belies their money-earning inspiration... Vivid recording, compelling performances.' - Classic FM Magazine |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op. 134 in D major / 19 Preludes from Op. 34 (arr for violin & piano) Eleonora Turovsky (violin) Peter Pettinger (piano) Rostislav Dubinsky (violin) Luba Edlina (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is the only available recording of the brilliant arrangement for violin and piano of nineteen of Shostakovich's Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 34 by Dmitri Mikhailovich Tsyganov. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.14 Op.135 for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra Elizabeth Holleque (soprano) Nikita Storojev (bass) / I Musici de Montraal / Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2005 ] Recorded in: L'Église de la Nativite de la Sainte Vierge, La Prairie, Quebec 1 January 1988 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Frans Helmerson (cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'The Russian strings… produce vast, cascading waves of sound, around which Helmerson weaves an impassioned web of song. The Cadenza… is riveting. Helmerson pours out his heart and displays a true lyric gift.' American Record Guide |
GLIERE / GLINKA / TANEYEV / GRECHANINOV / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Organ Music from Russia Iain Quinn at the organ of Winchester Cathedral [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Iain Quinn is outstanding and his skilful, polished use of the Winchester Cathedral organ makes this one of the best CDs you'll hear of that instrument' - Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Suite on Words of Michelangelo / Six Romances / October Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] "An excellent release, but if Melodiya were to re-issue their original recordings with Yevgeny Nestorenko there would be no contest" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / SHOSTAKOVICH / GLIERE / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Wind Band Classics Jacques Mauger (trombone) / Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Clark Rundell [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] '..the performances get the thumbs up. Chandos' recording engineers have done their work with the necessary bravado.' - International Record Review |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] This album is a tribute features Lydia Mordkovitc's famous 1989 recording of Shostakovich's violin concertos with Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Volume 3 (Incls Suites from 'Hamlet' & 'the Young Guard') Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "The Chandos issue will appeal to film music buffs and Shostakovich completists but it deserves to reach a wider audience given the flair and dynamism of the music-making and the high quotient of tunes. As I observed last time round, Sinaisky is... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Complete String Quartets, Vol. 6 (Nos 1 & 12 plus the Piano Quintet) Martin Roscoe (piano) / Sorrel Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] The members of the Sorrel Quartet have an unassailable claim to authenticity in their interpretations of Shostakovich's works. They were coached by the late Rostislav Dubinsky, founder member and leader of the Borodin Quartet, an ensemble closely... |
BARBER / SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello) English Chamber Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2001 ] Top flight performances from Raphael Wallfisch |
SHOSTAKOVICH
The Bolt (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Rozhdestvensky plainly believes passionately in this score, and he draws an electrifying performance from the Swedish orchestra...demonstration sound." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 9 Op.70 / The Adventures of Korzinkina / Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 / etc Tatiana Polyanskaya (piano) Vladimir Goncharov (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'This CD centres on the lighter side of Shostakovich - or, more accurately, his lighter sides, since the styles range from the pointed neo-Classical wit of the Ninth Symphony to the Keystone Kops mayhem of the First Piano Concerto to the more genial... |