The Two Violin Sonatas & Rare Chamber Works

WORLD PREMIÈRE COMMERCIAL RECORDING Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Unfinished Sonata for Violin and Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134 (1968) Unfinished Sonata for Violin and Piano (1945) Andantino from String Quartet No. 4, Op. 83 (arr. violin & piano by Dmitri Tsyganov) Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Symphony of Psalms 1 (arr. piano duet by Dmitri Shostakovich, c.1930) Gaetano BRAGA (1829-1907) La Serenata – A Walachian Legend (Andante con moto) (transcrib. soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin & piano by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1972) Sasha Rozhdestvensky violin, Jeremy Menuhin piano, Mookie Lee-Menuhin piano Ilona Domnich soprano, Alexandra Sherman mezzo-soprano This recording includes an extra 28 bars of a development section found in Shostakovich’s original manuscript, which doesn’t appear in the published score of the Unfinished Sonata. The work is completed by an 11 bar coda written by conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky Sasha Rozhdestvensky was described by Yehudi Menuhin as ‘one of the most talented and refined violinists of his generation’. Jeremy Menuhin is widely regarded for his artistry and the integrity of his interpretations: ‘unfailingly lyrical, exemplary, exquisitely polished, yet directly expressive’ (The New York Times)