Shostakovich: 5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich - 5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano



Julian Rachlin, Nikolaj Znaider, Sopie Rachlin
I. Prelude, edited by Levon Atovmyan
Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, 22nd April 1997
Concert of Students of Prof. Boris Kuschnir

(Nikolaj Znaider plays the Guarneri "del Gesu" violin built in 1741 and previously played by the legendary violinist Fritz Kreisler. The violin is thus known as the "Ex-Kreisler Guarnerius," and is on loan to Znaider from the The Royal Danish Theater.)

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Concert in Craiova, on the 6th of October 2011
I. Prelude-Moderato
II. Gavotte-Tranquillo, molto leggiero
III. Elegy-Andantino
IV. Waltz-Tempo di Valse. Moderato
V. Polka-Vivace
on Stradivari - Liviu Prunaru,
on Guarneri - Gabriel Croitoru,
piano - Horia Mihail