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- Dmitri Shostakovich
Sonata for Violin, Percussion and String Orchestra, Op. 134
- Schirmer Russian Music/Le Chant du Monde (World)
arr. Mikhail Zinman, Andrei Pushkarev
Programme Note
Dedicated to David Fyodorovich Oistrakh.
First (public) performance: 3 May 1969, Moscow, Small Hall of the Conservatoire David Oistrakh (violin) – Svyatoslav Richter (piano).
The Sonata was composed for David Oistrakh’s sixtieth birthday. Originally the Violin Concerto, Op. 129, was conceived for this occasion, but the composer had been a year too early.
Media
Augustin Hadelich, violin; A Far Cry
