from Shostakovich: Music for viola and piano (CDA67865) 1 Scene: Moderato [2'23] 17 minutes 11 seconds 5 tracks2 Intermezzo: Andante [5'21] 3 Sharmanka (Barrel-Organ Waltz) [2'03] 4 Romance [4'41] 5 Folk Festival [2'43] ‘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) |