Concertos, Cello Concertos, Shostakovich (composer)
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Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Here at last is a recording to persuade sceptics that Prokofiev's Cello Concerto is not just an interesting but rather drab failure...both Isserlis and Jarvi leave their competition standing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd March 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Concerto Finalist
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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If there’s a better recording of the Second Concerto out there, I haven’t heard it. —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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This is audibly a hugely enjoyable collaborative venture, the mellow warmth of the four saxophones and the contrasted tonal colouring of Jang Eun Bae’s piano providing a surprisingly convincing... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The playing here, disarmingly gentle yet tonally seductive, has a songful use of vibrato that recalls the expressive manners of Pierre Fournier and du Pré herself…A most rewarding CD then, sure... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Newcomer (cello)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2; Britten: Cello Sonata
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson, Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason states that he has played [the Shostakovich sonata] since his teenage years, and his affinity with its melodic phrases and emotional tenor is well formed. He brings a lovely... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Andris Nelsons
It truly is a monumental collection that shows both Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the height of their capabilities...If forced to choose I would say that the second movement of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th March 2025
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 & Violin Concerto No. 1
RecommendedMstislav Rostropovich, David Oistrakh
Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Dimitri Mitropoulos
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Building a Library, September 2002, Historic Choice
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedTruls Mørk (cello)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
there is little doubt that the present performance of the First Concerto is even more incisive than its predecessor...Petrenko draws out a wealth of fascinating detail from the orchestral accompaniment...The... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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[The Tsintsadze] is quite a discovery, Tsintsadze exerting impressive mastery of the orchestra and devising strongly defined thematic mastery throughout its five interlinked movements. Maximilian... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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