Nikola Stavi , Ekaterina Bakanova , Sooye Park , Cedric Tiberghian - Terakawa Hideyasu Quartetshostakovich: Works That Have Seen The Light Of Day - Import Hybrid SACD

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An unknown side of Shostakovich has seen the light of day. The world premiere recording of this fan-favorite! Shostakovich fans rejoice! All of the recordings are rare, and it is also surprising that 63 minutes of the 76 minutes of recorded time are world premiere recordings. The first of the two world premiere recordings is Shostakovich's arrangement of Symphony No. 14 "Song of the Dead" for piano and percussion. The vocal and percussion parts remain the same, but the string orchestra parts have been rewritten for piano. The sound, which is completely different from the strings, is shocking, and the violence is even sharper than in the original work. The addition of percussion instruments suggests that this is not simply a study for singers or a presentation for the Composers' Union, and adds unique stimulation and color. Florent Jodelet, a renowned percussionist of the Orchestre National de France, does a fine job by himself here, and the important celesta parts in the third and fourth movements are played by Stavy on the piano as in the original work, to great effect. The other is a four-hand piano arrangement of Mahler's Symphony No. 10, the first movement of which was of such interest to Mahler in the 1920s that his close friend, the musicologist Sorelczynski, founded a society in Leningrad. Shostakovich was also struck by Mahler's music, and was thereafter strongly inspired by it. The arrangement seems to date from the late 1920s, but it is not a complete work, but an unfinished work of about eight minutes up to the first third. It was intended for personal study and for the members of the association to hear, rather than for work, and it has only recently seen the light of day. In addition to being the bond that connects Mahler and Shostakovich, it is also gorgeous with Tiberghian taking the seconds. The fill-ups are four piano pieces that Shostakovich prototyped as a boy when he began to formally study composition. In a style reminiscent of Chopin and Rachmaninoff, the piece is intriguing, with glimpses of pianistic technique and grotesqueness. Also valuable is a section of a violin sonata that was begun in 1945 but abandoned. The young Korean-born Soo-Ye Park, who gave a fine performance of Yoon Yi-Sang's Violin Concerto No. 3 on disc, gives an impassioned performance. Nicolas Stavy is a French pianist born in 1975. He is a talented pianist who won the 14th International Chopin Competition in 2000 under the tutelage of Dominique Merlet.Soprano Bakanova, born in 1984, first came to prominence in 2013 when she performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Japan. Greek bass Stavrakakis is a hot young talent who is the 2019 winner of the 16th Tchaikovsky International Competition for Voice. Both singers will give you a fresh singing experience. King International.