Credits:

Yuja Wang & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons

Description:

50th Anniversary of Shostakovich’s DeathThe Grammy Award-winning Shostakovich series features top virtuosos!To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death in 2025, Latvia’s Andris Nelsons and his Boston Symphony Orchestra have completed a decade-long project of recording the complete Shostakovich symphonies. The Grammy Award-winning series includes concerto collections with pianist Yuja Wang, violinist Baiba Sklide, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, as well as the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk County. The album on this release features two contrasting piano concertos written 24 years apart by Yuja Wang and six solo piano pieces selected from “24 Preludes and Fugues,” Op.87 and “24 Preludes,” Op.34. Recorded at Boston’s Symphony Hall, which boasts some of the world’s finest acoustics, the concertos showcase Yuja Wang’s dynamic and expressive playing. In