Search - Dmitri Shostakovich, Evgeni Mravinsky, Jiri Tomasek :: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2

Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
Dmitri Shostakovich, Evgeni Mravinsky, Jiri Tomasek
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (7) - Disc #1


     
?

Larger Image

CD Details

All Artists: Dmitri Shostakovich, Evgeni Mravinsky, Jiri Tomasek, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, David Oistrakh
Title: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Praga Czech Rep.
Release Date: 9/12/2000
Album Type: Import, Original recording reissued
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 794881605729
 

CD Reviews

An incandescent performance of the Shostakovich First
Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 09/24/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"In the Soveit era even the greatest musicians didn't go West very often, if at all. But they did get to Prague and other satellite cities. ON a visit to Prague the greatest condcutor of Shostakovich and the greatest player of shostakovich got together; the results are incredibly fine. Mravinsky and Oistrakh get much more passion and bite out of the Shostakovich first than any other pairing, so much so that I can overlook the boxy, cramped sonics. A classic that can be found on several other labels--it's worth seaarching out which has hte best sound"