Music for Viola and Piano

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov & Duo Phoné & Leonardo Taio & Sofia Adinolfi

Music for Viola and Piano is a composition for viola and piano by Dmitri Shostakovich, written in 1975. The work exemplifies his late-period style with spare textures, stark chromaticism and a sombre, introspective character, and it occupies a significant place as one of his final compositions marking the closing phase of his career.
First released: 30th April 2025

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    5 Pieces from the Gadfly, op. 97: I. Scene
    2:24
  2. 2.
    5 Pieces from the Gadfly, op. 97: II. Intermezzo
    5:14
  3. 3.
    5 Pieces from the Gadfly, op. 97: III. Sharmanka
    2:00
  4. 4.
    5 Pieces from the Gadfly, op. 97: IV. Folk Feast
    2:53
  5. 5.
    5 Pieces from the Gadfly, op. 97: V. Romance
    4:39
  6. 6.
    Suite Italienne for Viola and Piano (1933): I. Introduzione
    2:09
  7. 7.
    Suite Italienne for Viola and Piano (1933): II. Serenata
    3:04
  8. 8.
    Suite Italienne for Viola and Piano (1933): III. Tarantella
    2:27
  9. 9.
    Suite Italienne for Viola and Piano (1933): IV. Gavotta con due variazioni
    3:40
  10. 10.
    Suite Italienne for Viola and Piano (1933): V. Scherzino
    1:22
  11. 11.
    Suite Italienne for Viola and Piano (1933): VI. Minuetto e Finale
    4:29
  12. 12.
    Elégie in G minor, op. 44 (1893)
    5:09
  13. 13.
    Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 147: I. Moderato
    9:28
  14. 14.
    Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 147: II. Allegretto
    7:07
  15. 15.
    Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 147: III. Adagio
    12:19

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