Concerto No. 1 Op. 77 in a minor: Violin and revised Piano Reduction New

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UPC: 196288397397

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In 1948, Dmitri Shostakovich completed work on his first Violin Concerto. However, the cultural-political repression of late Stalinism initially prevented a premiere: it was not until 1955, two years after Stalin's death, that dedicatee David Oistrakh finally premiered the concerto with the Leningrad Philharmonic under Yevgeny Mravinsky. The four-part concerto is symphonic in style and characterized by a high level of expressiveness. Particularly noteworthy are the sombre elegy of the first movement (Nocturne), the biting second movement (Scherzo), an extended passacaglia with cadenza and a brilliant burlesque finale. Oistrakh described the cadenza as “a whole sonata for solo violin”. Today, the work is one of the most important violin concertos of the 20th century.

Details

Publisher: Sikorski
Publisher Code: SIK2516K
Credits: Dmitri Shostakovich
Medium: Softcover
Pages: 88
Length: .00 in.
Width: .00 in.
Series: String
Voicing: Score and Solo Part