Piano Trio, op. 67 / Piano Quintet, op. 57

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky Trio & Yoshiko Arai & Vladimir Mendelssohn

Piano Trio, Op. 67 and Piano Quintet, Op. 57 are chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1944 and 1940 respectively. The Quintet exhibits clear classical forms, bright piano writing and contrapuntal textures typical of his pre-war chamber output, while the Trio is darker and more sombre, featuring concentrated motivic development and folk- and Jewish-inflected material that reflect wartime tensions and mark important points in his chamber-music trajectory.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: I. Andante - Moderato
    7:36
  2. 2.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: II. Allegro non troppo
    3:13
  3. 3.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: III. Largo
    4:58
  4. 4.
    Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67: IV. Allegretto
    10:26
  5. 5.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: I. Prelude. Lento
    5:39
  6. 6.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: II. Fugue. Adagio
    10:15
  7. 7.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: III. Scherzo. Allegretto
    3:34
  8. 8.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: IV. Intermezzo. Lento
    6:46
  9. 9.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57: V. Finale. Allegretto
    7:45

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