This work is featured in fantasia 2000 in the steadfast tin soldier, by disney. Dmitri dmitrievich sat down at the piano and played the score with a virtuosity which itself would have been admirable how he played the whole score of the scherzo without leaving out a single note of the. Not sure if it helps answer your question but a few months ago i saw a performance by andrew litton in which he played the shostakovich 2nd and simultaneously conducted the orchestra. For shostakovich, 1953 to about 1960 was a period of relative prosperity and security. If you would like to add a new work page for a work that was first published before 1925, please create a new topic here detailing the name of the piece and. Its going to be pd everywhere except russia and other former soviet territories that. This work was written in 1957 as a gift for the composers thennineteenyearold son maxim making it.
Original works, recordings and arrangements by this person cannot be uploaded here until january 1, 2026 without confirmed permission of the owner or legal rights administrators. The 1st piano concerto 1933 and the piano quintet 1940 are generally put in the upper tier of the composers output. Not only that, but at age 27, he was already a composer of international renown, in the wake of the symphony no. If youre behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains. September 25 1906, st petersburg, russia august 9, 1975 was a russian composer of the soviet period. Maxim premiered the piece during his graduation at the moscow conservatory. It contains many similar elements to his other composition, concertino for two pianos. Yuja wang performs shostakovichs first piano concerto with the concertgebouworkest conducted by mariss jansons. The cello concerto immediately hints at the motive in its beethovenianstyle opening, but then realizes it fully with its syncopated second theme, that inverts the motive to cbe flatd. Dmitri shostakovich 19061975 dmitri shostakovichs son, maxim shostakovich conducts piano.
For me, the two piano concertos are not the most important music by shostakovich. Shostakovich piano concerto no 2, by alexander melnikov. Find classical music concert listings shostakovich by. Ussr symphony orchestra conducted by nikolai anosov. Shostakovich had a complex and difficult relationship with the soviet government, suffering two official denunciations of his music, in 1936 and 1948, and the periodic banning of his work. Shostakovichs two piano concertos span a period of almost thirty years. As many know, shostakovich wrote two violin concertos. Enjoy a complete solo piano reduction of shostys second piano concerto.
Concerto dsch nycb new york city ballet official site. Allegro con brio dmitri shostakovich, piano josif volovnik, trumpet moscow philharmonic orch. Andante with sheet music for 2 pianos orchestra reduction leonard bernstein at the piano, with the new yor. The concerto was premiered on 15 october 1933 in the season opening concerts of the leningrad philharmonic orchestra with shostakovich at the piano, fritz stiedry conducting, and. Find composition details, parts movement information and albums that contain performances of piano concerto no. They were both written to be accessible for developing young pianists. List of compositions by dmitri shostakovich wikipedia. The concerto in c minor for piano, trumpet, and string orchestra, op. The concertino for 2 pianos 1953, a 10minute work written for shostakovich and his son, is less prominent and was a new discovery for. Concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings in c minor, op. In these postrevolutionary years, soviet musical culture was still sorting. Alright, this will probably be my final upload on this site as im up to my limit. Tchaikovsky piano concerto no 1, by yevgeny sudbin.
Although i am an intermediate level student i want to master this piece, perhaps it will take a. One of his finest works is a piano trio dedicated to the memory of shostakovich and it too makes liberal use of shostakovichs musical monogram. Artistic influence, stylistic irony, and musical reference in dmitri shostakovich. But his work list suggests two separate versions of the first, the op. It contains many similar elements to his other composition, concertino for.
Artistic influence, stylistic irony, and musical reference. Dmitri shostakovich 19061975 dmitri shostakovichs son, maxim shostakovich conducts piano concerto no. Recorded november 8, 1959 at the broadwood hotel, philadelphia. Mar0509 shostakovich piano concertos nos 1 2 albums. Andante with sheet music leonard bernstein at the piano and conducting the ny philharmonic, 1958.
Orchestra, violin sheet music book by dmitri shostakovich 19061975. I dont know how it is for real musicologists, but for me shostakovichs music breaks into four periods. Ive been desperately searching for the cello concerto no. The concerto displays the composers optimistic energy after the repressions of the stalinist era. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. The youthful first piano concerto is a masterful example of eclecticism, its inscrutable. Allegro with sheet music for 2 pianos orchestra reduction leonard bernstein at the piano. For shostakovich this was undoubtedly an experimental score. David geffen hall 10 lincoln center plaza new york, ny 100236970. Chamber orchestra 19331934 shostakovich assembled a suite from the music as op. The concerto was premiered on 15 october 1933 in the season opening concerts of the leningrad philharmonic orchestra with shostakovich at the. Print and download in pdf or midi piano concerto no. Piano concerto no 2 in f major, op 102 by dmitri shostakovich 1.
The concerto was an experimentation with a neobaroque combination of instruments. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. When dmitri shostakovich 19061975 produced his concerto no. Shostakovich 2nd piano concerto welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music. It is especially appropriate that this years university of redlands student soloist, anthony ribaya, will be performing shostakovichs piano concerto no 2. The first piano concerto stands in the middle of this intervening series of works. Shostakovichs impish first piano concerto continues the youthful theme, exuding the carefree attitude and sassy swagger of the composer and rounding out this. Piano, trumpet and strings 1933 shostakovich made a reduction of the concerto for two pianos as op. Feb 01, 2015 concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings in c minor, op. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Every single part of this concerto gives clear proof of the young composers carefree and almost overconfident attitude, from the trumpets commentary on the rapid virtuoso passages, the quotations, parodies and musical jokes to musical slapstick. University of utah holdings for piano and orchestra. Although i am an intermediate level student i want to master this piece, perhaps it will take a long time but it is worth the effort. It is an uncharacteristically cheerful piece, much more so than most of.