Dmitri Shostakovich

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op 102

Happy birthday Maxim!

Shostakovich: Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op 118

Variations with a customary Soviet twist

Composer of the Week - Shostakovich

Donald Macleod explores Shostakovich's brilliant youth

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op 112, 'The Year 1917'

What a year that was!

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op 43

Angrily facing down Death

Discovering Music - Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4

Stephen Johnson explores Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4

Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op 147

A final sonata with a sense of resignation

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op 78

Stalin's oppression rules

The Listening Service - Musical Protests

At The BBC Proms, The Listening Service discusses the music of revolution and protest

Shostakovich: The Gadfly (Romance)

Sentimental pining for a lost love and carefree youth

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op 60, 'Leningrad'

An intense, frightening but rewarding experience

The Story of Music in Fifty Pieces - Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony

Howard Goodall and Suzy Klein discuss Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony

Composer of the Week - Shostakovich

Donald Macleod views Dmitry Shostakovich through the prism of his string quartets