Marc-Andre Hamelin Shostakovich: Piano Concertos
Two twentieth-century classics by Shostakovich, newly available on vinyl as part of Hyperion's 2024 Vinyl Edition. No 1 has long been one of Marc-André Hamelin's party pieces and for this special recording he was paired with Andrew Litton, a conductor who knows these works backwards (he has recorded the second concerto as pianist!): the resulting performances have a vitality and flair which we think place them amongst the greatest.
- 1. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 35 I. Allegro Moderato
- 2. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 35 II. Lento
- 3. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 35 III. Moderato
- 4. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 35 IV. Allegro Con Brio
- 5. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Major, Op 102 I. Allegro
- 6. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Major, Op 102 II. Andante
- 7. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Major, Op 102 III. Allegro