Shostakovich - Cello Sonata & Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata - Daniel Shafran and Lydia Pecherskaya (180g)
Dmitri Shostakovich - Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40
Franz Schubert - Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821
Cello – Daniel Shafran
Piano – Lydia Pecherskaya
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Optimal Media GmbH in Germany
Label : Analog Phonic
Original Label : Decca, London Records
Recorded in New York City at Webster Hall on February 25 & 26, 1960 Engineered by
Mastered from the original Sony Music masters by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
Originally released in 1969
Reissued in Sep. 2018
Tracks:
Side A : Dmitri Shostakovich - Sonata For Cello And Piano, Op 40
- First Movement: Moderato
- Second Movement: Moderato Con Moto
- Third Movement: Largo
- Fourth Movement: Allegretto
Side B : Franz Schubert - Sonata In A Minor For 'Cello And Piano - "Arpeggione"
- First Movement: Allegro Moderato
- Second Movement: Adagio
- Third Movement: Allegretto
Reviews :
« There would seem to be no area in which one can find fault with this release. Daniel Shafran, the Russian cellist, is in absolutely superb form, stylistically and expressively. In both recorded works, he has captured that elusive thing-the precisely right gesture for the music at hand. It is good, moreover, to hear the Shostakovich so well played. The cello sonata is one of this composer's most successful chamber works-indeed, one of the most consistently successful works in his catalog. The recording quality is first-rate » - Stereo Review
« Apparently Daniel Shafran and Lydia Pecherskaya scored a big success with Schubert at Carnegie Hall recital. On this record Shafran emerges as a very able player... I was glad to find that Shafran is not quite as rhythmically wayward in the first movement... and I thought his most ingratiat-ing playing comes in the finale, which ahs an irresistable rhythmic lilt. » Gramophone
Ratings :
Discogs : 4,68 / 5