from Oannes * my contribution to September born composers

Ο Ρώσος συνθέτης και πιανίστας, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [1906-1975] είναι ένας ακόμα από τους σημαντικούς καλλιτέχνες που γεννήθηκαν αυτό το μήνα. Η μουσική του, χαρακτηρισμένη από συναισθηματικό βάθος και αρμονική πολυπλοκότητα, βρέθηκε επανειλημμένα στο μάτι της σοβιετικής λογοκρισίας. Στο πρώτο και τρίτο από τα έργα που ακούμε, χρησιμοποιεί το μοτίβο DSCH, ένα μουσικό κρυπτόγραμμα D-S-C-H παρμένο από το όνομά του. Ο Shostakovitch αφιέρωσε το πρώτο Cello Concerto στον φίλο του Mstislav Rostropovich – Μ.Κ.

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Russian composer and pianist, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [1906-1975] is yet another significant artist born this month. His music, characterized by emotional depth and harmonic complexity, has been repeatedly in the eye of Soviet censorship. In the first and third one of the works we hear, he uses the DSCH motif, a musical ciphergram D-S-C-H taken from his name. Shostakovitch dedicated the first Cello Concerto to his friend Mstislav Rostropovich – M.K.

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00:00 Chamber Symphony op. 110 bis: I. Largo – Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies
06:30 Prelude and Fugue No.22 in G minor from 24 Preludes And Fugues op.87 – Piano: Keith Jarrett
11:40 Cello Concerto #1 In E Flat, Op.107 – 1. Allegretto – Cello: Heinrich Schiff – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maxim Shostakovich

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