Opus 147: Sonata for viola and piano

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Last update: 26 December 2010


CDs are listed as near as possible to a chronological order of performance year. Indicated are Label & Code, Performers, Year of Performance (P-Y) and Year of Release (R-Y).

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 1018/1019F. Druzhinin (viola), M. Muntian (piano)19761989
Vicc 2049 F. Druzhinin (viola), M. Muntian (piano)19761989
Melodiya SUCD 10 00257(Transcription for cello and piano) D. Shafran (cello), A. Ginzburg (piano)19771991
BIS CD 81T. Tchavdarov (viola), A. Zaharieva (piano)19771993
JVC VDC 5015/6Y. Bashmet (viola), S. Richter (piano)19821987
Melodiya SUCD 10 00095Y. Bashmet (viola), S. Richter (piano)19821990
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga MK 418015Y. Bashmet (viola), S. Richter (piano)19821991
Olympia OCD 625Y. Bashmet (viola), S. Richter (piano)19821997
Regis RRC 1128Y. Bashmet (viola), S. Richter (piano)19822003
BIS CD 358N. Imai (viola), R. Pontinen (piano)19861987
Ars Production CD 368 316P. Coletti (viola), P. Bush (piano)19891991
ECM 1425 (CD 847 538 2)K. Kashkashian (viola), R. Levin (piano)19901991
Pinnacle/Dynamic CDS 61J. Creitz (viola), M. Sarbu (piano)19901991
EMI CDC 7 54394 2T. Zimmermann (viola), H. H”ll (piano)19911991
Erato 2292-45804-2S. Mintz (viola), V. Postnikova (piano)19911992
RCA Victor Red Seal 9026-61273-2Y. Bashmet (viola), M. Muntian (piano)19911992
Fidelio 9203I. van Keulen (viola), R. Brautigam (piano)19921992
Vanguard 99021I. van Keulen (viola), R. Brautigam (piano)19921994
Vanguard 99306 (2 CD-set)I. van Keulen (viola), R. Brautigam (piano)19921999
Brilliant Classics 7535 (3 CD-set)I. van Keulen (viola), R. Brautigam (piano)19922006
Brilliant Classics 8128 (27 CD-set)I. van Keulen (viola), R. Brautigam (piano)19922006
REM Editions 311210 XCDA. Kholodenko (viola), S. Milstein (piano)19931993
Gamut Classics GAMCD 537Ph. Dukes (viola), S. Rahman (piano)19931994
Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 311 612R. Hillyer (viola), R. de Leeuw (piano)19921994
Koch International Classics 3-7270-2P. Silverthorne (viola), J. Constable (piano)19931994
Meister Music MM 1002N. Imai (or M. Kawasaki or M. Tanamura or H. Fukai (viola), F.W. Schnurr (piano)19941994
Arabesque Z 6698J. Laredo (viola), J. Kalichstein (piano)19961997
Koch InternationalJ. Laredo (viola), J. Kalichstein (piano)19962007
Chandos CHAN 9526 (2 CD-set)(Arrangement for cello) Bekova Sisters19961997
ArtonaM. Zaretsky (viola), X. Bjerken (piano)19971998
Koch Discover International DICD 920538F. Schwartz (viola), W. Kühnl (piano)19981999
Centaur CRC 2450Chiang (viola), Hodgkinson (piano)19992000
Black Box BBM 11032Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano)20002003
Naxos 8.557231A. Bartholdy (viola), J. Drake (piano)20012003
Northern Flowers NF 9921-22Mikhail Bezverkhny (viola), Timur Sergeyenya (piano)20032004
De Rode Pomp RP/GMA 041Mikhail Bezverkhny (viola), Timur Sergeyenya (piano)20032004
Phoenix PHCD 155Levon Ambartsumian (viola), Anatoly Sheludyakov (piano)20032004
AMG Ambroisie AM 168Antoine Tamestit (viola), Markus Hadulla (piano)20072008
Talent DOM3810 12-13(arrangement for cello by D. Shafran) V. Spanoghe (cello), A. de Groote (piano) 20082010

Opus 147B: Transcription of "Sonata for viola and piano" for viola, strings and celesta

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Globe GLO 5093New Sinfonietta Amsterdam, L. Markiz, V. Mendelssohn (viola)19921993
Sony Classical SK 60550Moscow Soloists, Y. Bashmet19971998
DG 477 6196Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer (cond), Yuri Bashmet (viola)20052006

This list is reproduced from a database containing over 1000 CDs with performances of works by Dmitri Shostakovich and over 500 reviews of these CDs.


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