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Shostakovich: Piano Works - Babinsky, Busch

Capriccio  71 087/88 (2 discs)

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Shostakovich: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, 24 Preludes Op. 34, Concertino Op. 94, Fröhlicher March in D major, Waltz from "The Song of the Great Rivers" Op. 95, Polka, Tarantella, Suite for Two Pianos Op. 6

Margarete Babinsky (piano)
Holger Busch (piano)

All

Works (9)

• Dmitri Shostakovich: Concertino in A minor, Op. 94
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Merry March in D major (1949)
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Polka in F sharp minor (1941)
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes (24), Op. 34
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Song of the Great Rivers, Op. 95
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite in F sharp minor, Op. 6
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Tarantella, Op. 97b