Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

- Composer: Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 -- 9 August 1975) - Performers: “The Borodin Trio“ [Yuli Turovsky (cello), Rostislav Dubinsky (violin), Luba Edlina (piano)], and Mimi Zweig (violin), Jerry Horner (viola) - Year of recording: 1983 Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57, written in 1940. 00:00 - I. Prelude. Lento 04:52 - II. Fugue. Adagio 17:08 - III. Scherzo. Allegretto 21:01 - IV. Intermezzo. Lento 28:22 - V. Finale. Allegretto Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet was written in response to an enthusiastic request from the members of the Beethoven String Quartet, one of the former Soviet bloc’s most respected chamber ensembles of the period. The group had recently programmed Shostakovich’s first string quartet, and had been so impressed by the piece that the players decided unanimously to seek a new piece from the composer, which would also involve a pianist. The new work took shape quickly, and Shostakovic