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Shostakovich & Britten (CD)

    Shostakovich & Britten (CD)

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    Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s 2018 chart-topping debut album, Inspiration, centred around Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto. Now, he’s recorded the Second, during a critically-acclaimed tour with John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London. The work features alongside the Shostakovich Cello Sonata and Britten Cello Sonata, recorded with his sister and frequent duo partner, Isata Kanneh-Mason An homage to Rostropovich: Shostakovich wrote the concerto for renowned cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich, with whom he also shared a mutual friendship with Britten. The sonatas on this album were recorded in Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, the same place that Rostropovich and Britten recorded the Britten Cello Sonata for Decca in 1968 – the recording which made Sheku fall in love with the work.

    Tracklist

    SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2

    SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

    BRITTEN: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65

    ARTISTS

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano (sonatas)

    Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (concerto)

    Details

    Release Date
    May 09, 2025
    Genre
    Neo-Classical
    Label
    Decca Classics
    UPC
    0028948708352