shostakovich weinberg nicolas altstaedt deutsches symphonie orchester berlin michal nesterowicz cello concertos cd album Banc Public Records This 1954 Blue Note session

This 1954 Blue Note session brings together revered New Orleans jazz musicians for a performance that feels like eavesdropping on seasoned players exploring familiar ground

Papà Dupont (Monsieur Dupont)

Barenboim brings profound Romantic sensibility to these monumental works

finds him returning to his roots in acoustic folk-rock

shostakovich weinberg nicolas altstaedt deutsches symphonie orchester berlin michal nesterowicz cello concertos cd album Banc Public Records This 1954 Blue Note sessionCellist Nicolas Altstaedt pairs two giants of twentieth century composition on this Channel Classics recording: Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 and Mieczysaw Weinberg's Cello Concerto, with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin. Both works are profound explorations of the instrument's expressive range, written by composers steeped in the tragedy and resilience of the Soviet experience. Shostakovich's concerto is a masterpiece of