Trumpet and piano are equal partners in this concerto by Shostakovich, featuring pianist Daniil Trifonov. Semyon Bychkov also leads the Czech Philharmonic in Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams" (London/Decca 4834942)

This week’s Encore Contest piece was Rachmaninoff’s Ne poj, krasavica (Do Not Sing for Me, Fair Maiden).

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Daniil Trifonov

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Semyon Bychkov

Trumpet and piano are equal partners in this concerto by Shostakovich, featuring pianist Daniil Trifonov. Semyon Bychkov also leads the Czech Philharmonic in Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.


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