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Shostakovich Discoveries

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: May 17, 2025

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1 Anti-Formalist Rayok_Kremerata Baltica_Alexei Mochalov  
2 Impromptu for Viola and Piano_Nils Mo¨nkemeyer_Rostislav Krimer  
3 Scherzo for Piano, Op. 1a_Daniil Trifonov  
4 No. 1_3 Fugues for Piano_Daniil Trifonov  
5 No. 2_3 Fugues for Piano_Daniil Trifonov  
6 No. 3_3 Fugues for Piano_Daniil Trifonov  
7 Entracte In Front of Kazan Cathedral_3 Fragments from the Opera The Nose  
8 Beginning of Act III_3 Fragments from the Opera The Nose  
9 Entracte No. 10a_3 Fragments from the Opera The Nose  
10 No. 1, Prelude_5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano  
11 No. 2, Gavotte_5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano  
12 No. 3, Elegy_5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano  
13 No. 4, Waltz_5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano  
14 No. 5, Polka_5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano  
15 In the Forest_Daniel Ciobanu  
16 I. Prelude_Prelude & Fugue in C-Sharp Minor  
17 II. Fugue_Prelude & Fugue in C-Sharp Minor  
18 Murzilka_Yulianna Avdeeva  
19 Yelabuga Nail_Alexander Roslavets_Andrei Korobeinikov  
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As part of the commemorations surrounding the 50th anniversary of the death of Shostakovich, Deutsche Grammophon releases Shostakovich Discoveries, an album of world premiere recordings and previously unreleased rarities. The recordings were made during and in cooperation with the Internationale Schostakowitsch Tage Gohrisch – the only annual international Shostakovich festival – which takes place each June in the German state of Saxony. Shostakovich Discoveries is now out today.
Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the most complex musical figures of the 20th century. His life in Soviet Russia was marked by both state oppression and official recognition and, in attempting to navigate safely between these two extremes, he often wove hidden messages into his music. The spa resort of Gohrisch, where he wrote his String Quartet No. 8 in C minor in 1960, has hosted the International Shostakovich Festival since 2010. Working closely with the composer’s widow, Irina Shostakovich, and musicologist Dr Olga Digonskaya, the Festival has unearthed numerous long-lost compositions – from early works written by a teenage Shostakovich to masterpieces of his maturity.

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