Piano trio no 2 shostakovich biography

Shostakovich piano trio 1

Shostakovich composed his Second Piano Trio during the summer of , but the moving story behind the work was learned only after his death 30 years later.

Shostakovich piano trio 2 imslp

The striking opening of the trio begins with a six-measure idea, introduced by solo cello, muted and in harmonics.

Shostakovich piano trio imslp

From Arabesque comes a piquant, mobile reading of Shostakovich’s early Op. 8 single-movement Trio (), and an urgently propulsive, emotionally charged traversal of Op.

Shostakovich piano trio 2 program notes

The Second Piano Trio followed in , the same year as the Second String Quartet, and reflects both the composer’s grief at the death of his close friend Ivan Sollertinsky .