from Shostakovich: Music for viola and piano (CDA67865) 1 Moderato [9'31] 30 minutes 3 seconds 3 tracks2 Allegretto [7'16] 3 Adagio [13'16] ‘A finely played programme that can be recommended with confidence’ (Gramophone) ‘Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips embark on a musical narrative of epic proportions … a performance that shows great insight and poignancy. Framing the Sonata on this beautifully record ... ‘This fine Shostakovich CD … Power and Crawford-Phillips are eloquent interpreters, spare as well as generous in expressing the work's pervasive melancholy’ (The Observer) |