Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings & Rarities - CD

I am grateful to the organizers of the International Shostakovich Festival Gohrisch for premiering previously unperformed works by DmitriDmitriyevich Shostakovich. These works were found by musicologist Olga Digonskaya and published by DSCH Publishers, Moscow. To mark the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death, this Deutsche Grammophon album with some of Shostakovich’s unknown works has been released. I have no doubt that it will be a well-deserved success among fans and lovers of Shostakovich’s music. - Irina Shostakovich.

1. Anti-Formalist Rayok (1948)
Alexei Mochalov bass · Andrei Pushkarev percussion · Kremerata Baltica
 
2. Impromptu for Viola and Piano (1931)
Nils Mönkemeyer viola · Rostislav Krimer piano
 
3. Scherzo for Piano op. 1a (1921)
Daniil Trifonov piano
 
Three Fugues for Piano (1934)
4. Fugue No. 1
5. Fugue No. 2
6. Fugue No. 3
Daniil Trifonov piano

Three Fragments from the Opera The Nose (1928)
7. Entr’acte: In front of Kazan Cathedral
8. Entr’acte No. 10a
9. Beginning of Act III
Staatskapelle Dresden · Thomas Sanderling conductor

Five Pieces Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano (1933–55)
Arranged by Levon Atovmyan (1961)
10. No. 1. Prelude
11. No. 2. Gavotte
12. No. 3. Elegy
13. No. 4. Waltz
14. No. 5. Polka
Gidon Kremer violin I · Madara Pētersone violin II · Georgijs Osokins piano
 
15. In the Forest (1919)
Daniel Ciobanu piano
 
Prelude and Fugue for Piano in C sharp minor (1950)
Completion by Krzysztof Meyer (2019)
16. Prelude
17. Fugue
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
18. Murzilka (c. 1920)
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
19. Yelabuga Nail (c. 1971)
Alexander Roslavets bass · Andrei Korobeinikov piano