Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 Shostakovich Piano Quintet Belcea Quartet Piotr Anderszewski - Piano

Few of Shostakovich's chamber-music works make such an immediate connection with listeners as the wartime Piano Quintet, first heard with the composer at the piano in 1940. There have been numerous fine recordings and now another one joins those ranks of excellence - it comes from the Belcea Quintet with Piotr Anderszewski at the piano, a meeting of musical minds that produces a performance of intensity yet also languor and poetry. (Gramophone Listening Room, 20 April 2018)