ECCD-2046

T.O.C. says “This is a collection of awesome performances. The transfers are great and if you like Shostakovich then this is a must have CD!!”

Shostakovich plays Shostakovich

Sonata Op. 40 for Cello & Piano
Sonata Op. 134 for Violin & Piano
Trio Op. 67 for Violin, Cello & Piano

David Oistrakh, violin
Daniil Shafran, cello (cello sonata)
Milos Sádlo, cello (piano trio)
Dmitri Shostakovich, piano

This CD includes the first ever performance of the violin sonata just weeks after it was finished. This performance was in the music room of the Oistrakh home for a gathering of friends..

“Shafran and Shostakovich were both wonderful musicians…The cellist had a marvelous tone and an unerring sense of line that worked splendidly…The recording of the Violin Sonata with Oistrakh was made in 1968…it is a thrilling performance, with Oistrakh and the composer building tremendous momentum in the second movement and playingwith hair-raising urgency in the central section of the final passacaglia. Here and in the wonderful 1947 performance of the Second Piano Trio, it is easy ot hear what an exceptional pianist the composer was.…he was capable of suddenly unleashing a surprisingly explosive power.… These recordings are required listening for all those interested in Shostakovich.”—FANFARE, November/2000