Spectrum Concerts Berlin perform Shostakovich

Jens Peter Maintz and Eldar Nebolsin live from MetaHaus Berlin.

It was Stalin himself who accused Dmitri Shostakovich 's work of "leftist self-indulgence instead of human music". On the face of it, the famous Cello Sonata Op. 40 and the Piano Sonata Op. 61 do not really sound like a hidden critique of the system. However, under the surface we feel the biting irony that is Shostakovich's trademark. Members of the Spectrum Concerts Berlin ensemble, Jens Peter Maintz on violoncello and pianist Eldar Nebolsin have a great deal to explore, both on the surface and beneath, and they do so with great mastery.

English title Spectrum Concerts Berlin perform Shostakovich
Genre Chamber Concert
Recording location MetaHaus Berlin
Recording date November 2020
Production year 2020
Duration 57 min.
Video format 4K
Production Company NAXOS AUDIOVISUAL DIVISION
Assoc. Prod. Company Spectrum Concerts Berlin
TV Director Friedrich Gatz
Distribution TV NAXOS AUDIOVISUAL DIVISION
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich
Orchestra / Band Spectrum Concerts Berlin
Soloist Eldar Nebolsin
Soloist Jens Peter Maintz
English title of music work Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 (1943)
English title of music work Sonata for cello and piano in D minor, Op. 40 (1934)