Valentina Igoshina, Lavard Skou-Larsen - Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Hamlet Overture (2012)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:09:56 | 312 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: CPO | Catalog: 7777502
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:09:56 | 312 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: CPO | Catalog: 7777502
The two piano concertos of Dmitry Shostakovich may be treated as rare examples of light humor in Shostakovich's output, which requires connecting the mordant Concerto for piano, trumpet, and orchestra in C minor, Op. 35, to the more genuinely humorous Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102. Many performers, naturally enough, connect the two in some way, but Russian pianist Valentina Igoshina takes a different approach: she divorces the two concertos quite thoroughly. In the Concerto No. 1 she emphasizes the manic quality of the music.