Shostakovich: Trio, Op.67/Sonata, Op.40
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Performer: Yo-Yo MaComposer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Performer: Emanuel Ax
Performer: Isaac Stern
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Trio No. 2 For Violin, Cello & Piano, Op.67: I-Andante; Moderato
- Trio No. 2 For Violin, Cello & Piano, Op.67: II-Allegro con brio
- Trio No. 2 For Violin, Cello & Piano, Op.67: III-Largo
- Trio No. 2 For Violin, Cello & Piano, Op.67: IV-Allegretto
- Sonata For Cello & Piano, Op. 40: I-Allegro non troppo
- Sonata For Cello & Piano, Op. 40: II-Allegro
- Sonata For Cello & Piano, Op. 40: III-Largo
- Sonata For Cello & Piano, Op. 40: IV-Allegro
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Free Music Review: A favorite recording that is now a bit past it
Hit: 4 Stars
For a long time this CD of the great Shostakovich Piano Trio #2 was my benchmark, and I still cherish some poignant playing by Isaac Stern in the last movement -- the Jewishness of this elegy to the oppressed reminds me of how subversive the music once was, and what a badge of courage it was to applaud at the Soviet premiere. Sony has provided crystal clear sonics, which are necessary if we're to catch all the nuances from three very nuanced musicians.
My ardor has dimmed somewhat, however. Compared to Argerich on her fiery DG recording with Kremer and Maisky, Ax is a bit faceless. Even more idiomatic (naturally) is the composer himself. Ax misses the anguish and anger in the piano part. But Stern and Ma form a perfect partnership in their touching eloquence, especially during the slow third movement where they carry the main part of the argument. For that movement alone I will keep this performance close by. The aching theme in high harmonics that opens the piece is played very movingly by Stern -- this is Schindler's List without shmaltz. (Sticklers, however, will not be pleased with Stern's intonation all the time.)
I've always felt that the Ax-Ma account of Shostakovich's Op. 40 Cello Sonata was afflicted with suaveness. Shafrin and Rostropovich find more passion and grit in the score. And Ax smooths out the piano line too much, as he does in the Trio. On its own elegant terms, however, this is a lovely reading.
Shostakovich: Trio, Op.67/Sonata, Op.40 Poster
Shostakovich's Trio No. 2 is a grim masterpiece, a disguised tribute to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust written during World War II and actually using Jewish folk themes. The Cello Sonata was written a decade earlier, but it has its own dark political shadows of Stalinism. So don't buy this disc for fun and games. But do buy it for a couple of 20th-century masterpieces, played by a trio of well-known musicians who perform the music with great dedication. If you can put up with old sound, you can hear both of these pieces played by the composer (the Sonata on MultiSonic 31 0179, the Trio on Doremi DHR 7701). --Leslie GerberClassical Music CDs
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