Sonata for viola and piano, Op 147 (Shostakovich)
from Shostakovich: Music for viola and piano (CDA67865)
1 Moderato [9'31]
2 Allegretto [7'16]
3 Adagio [13'16]
30 minutes 3 seconds 3 tracks
‘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)