Shostakovich | Cello Concerto #1 Op.107 Lipk | CD

Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, teacher and public figure, born in Saint Petersburg in 1906 and died in Moscow in 1975. He became world-famous at the age of 20, when his First Symphony was performed in concert halls of the USSR, Europe and the United States. His output includes symphonic and choral music, 15 string quartets, and chamber, ballet and film music. He was one of the most prolific writers of film music in Soviet Russia.

This one-disc classical CD of Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 was released by Lipkind in 2012 as volume two of Cello Heroics. The album is classed under classical and concerto music.