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Shostakovich & Kabalevsky - Cello Sonatas; Prokofiev Ballade - Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen / Hyperion Audio CD / CDA68239
UPC 034571282398
The Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40, was composed in 1934 by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was also a period of emotional turmoil in his life, as he had fallen in love with a young student at a Leningrad festival featuring his Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District. Their affair resulted in a brief separation from his wife Nina; he composed the Cello Sonata during this period. He completed it within a few weeks and gave its premiere in Moscow on 25 December with his close friend, the cellist Viktor Kubatsky, who was also the piece's dedicatee. By late 1934 Shostakovich and Nina reunited and she eventually became pregnant with their first-born daughter, who was born in 1936.
| Label: | Hyperion – CDA68239 |
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CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
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| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern |
Tracklist:
| Cello Sonata In D Minor Op 40 (1934) (27:21) |
| 1 | Allegro Non Troppo – Largo | 11:59 | |
| 2 | Allegro | 3:02 | |
| 3 | Largo | 7:46 | |
| 4 | Allegro | 4:34 | |
| 5 | Ballade In C Major Op 15 (1912) |
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10:53
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| Cello Sonata In B Flat Major Op 71 (1962) (21:54) |
| 6 | Andante Molto Sostenuto | 8:36 | |
| 7 | Allegretto Con Moto | 5:26 | |
| 8 | Allegro Molto | 7:52 | |
| 9 | Moderato For Cello And Piano (?1930s, Discovered 1986) |
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2:31
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| 10 | Adagio 'Cinderella And The Prince' Op 97bis (1944) |
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3:52
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| 11 | Rondo In Memory Prokofiev Op 79 (1965) |
| 9:57 |
- Booklet Editor – Peter Hall (14)
- Cello – Steven Isserlis
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – David Hinitt
- Executive-Producer – Perdita Andrew, Simon Perry (5)
- Illustration [Front Illustration] – El Lissitzky
- Liner Notes [Traduction] – Marie-Stella Pâris
- Liner Notes [© 2019] – Steven Isserlis
- Liner Notes [Übersetzung] – Friedrich Sprondel
- Photography By [Olli Mustonen] – Heikki Tuuli
- Photography By [Steven Isserlis] – Joanna Bergin
- Piano [Steinway & Sons] – Olli Mustonen
- Producer [Recording Producer] – Jonathan Allen
- Technician [Page Turner] – Peter Willsher (3)
- Technician [Piano Technician] – Toby Peecock
- Tuner [Piano Technician] – Graham Cooke (3)
