Sonatas for Violin and Piano

by Dmitry Shostakovich und Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Dmitry Shostakovich, Sonata op. 134
Mieczyslaw Weinberg , Sonatas No. 3 and 4
Kolja Blacher, violin; Jascha Nemtsov, piano
hänssler CLASSIC / SWR 2006

“I made the acquaintance of the Shostakovich sonata through the Oistrakh and Richter recording… It’s been a faithful friend all this time, but to me Blacher and Nemtsov surpass it. It may be a question of standing on the shoulders of giants, but the new team penetrates the score more deeply… Blacher and Nemtsov get more of the horror, and their heroism seems more mature.”
(Steve Schwartz: ClassicalNet, 2009)