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Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra
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Dmitri Shostakovich composed his second Cello Concerto in Crimea in 1966. The premiere took place at the Moscow Conservatory in September of the same year. As with the first Cello Concerto, Mstislav Rostropovich again took the solo part; he was accompanied by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra under Yevgeny Svetlanov. Compared to the first Cello Concerto, the three-movement work is more restrained and introspective. The form is freer, with slow tempi, extended solo sections and chamber-music-like orchestral textures. Particularly striking is the use of percussion instruments such as timpani and woodblock, which lend the work a special tonal color. The concerto is set in the late phase of Shostakovich's work and shows the composer searching for new forms of expression beyond his virtuosity.
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In celebration of his anniversary year in 2025, music publishers Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski have jointly launched of a revised and corrected new edition of all 15 symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich. A worthy tribute to one of the most important composers of the 20th century!
Published as large-format study scores, the new editions ensure optimal legibility. All scores and the related orchestral parts have been newly computer typeset. Scores and orchestral parts are also compatible with editions from the The New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich, thus reflecting the current state of research.
Following the successful completion of this edition project, the piano reductions of the two symphonies with vocal or choral participation as well as study scores and piano reductions of other orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, including the popular Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 and his instrumental concertos, will also be released. Like the study scores of the symphonies, these will be revised and corrected new editions in A4 format and in new computer typesetting.
