Two of today's most passionate and inspirational artists join forces in the recital programme that brought audiences to their feet at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad in Summer 2011. The chemistry between Hélène Grimaud and Sol Gabetta left critics and audiences nothing short of euphoric and this first duo recording captures the revelatory magic of their collaboration The album reprises the same programme the duo performed in Gstaad: Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Johannes Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in E minor and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Sonata for Cello and Piano. Hélène’s recordings have been best-sellers on the Yellow Label with more than 800,000 units sold altogether to date. Sol is also a best-selling, chart-storming artist, who is regarded as one of the great cellists of our day.

肖斯塔科维奇1906年9月25日生于圣彼得堡，是苏联最重要的作曲家之一，也是当代世界著名的作曲家之一。他的创作遍及各种音乐体裁，特别是15部交响曲使他享有20世纪交响乐大师的盛誉。此外，他还培养了大批苏联当代著名作曲家，深受苏联人民的喜爱。1975年8月9日卒于莫斯科。 肖氏的交响曲无疑是20世纪的古典音乐中的最具震撼力篇章之一，以他惯有的颇具先锋性质的凌厉气势、强烈的情绪感召力，诙谐讽刺的音乐气质而独树一帜，他的音乐在复杂深刻中充满了人性和思想的拷问、压抑中充满了激情的挣扎冲突，让你很难不为之动容。荷兰籍指挥家贝纳德•海廷克 （Bernard Haitink，1929—）对俄国文化精神以及肖斯塔科维奇的诠释深刻而见解独到，几乎可以说是定义性质的。 指挥：贝纳德•海廷克（Bernard Haitink，1929— ） 录音年代：1977—1986年

Performers: Dmitri Shostakovich - Composer Anna Vinnitskaya - Piano Kremerata Baltica Winds Of Staatskapelle Dresden Omer Meir Wellber - Conductor (in Concerto Op.102) Tobias Willner - Solo Trumpet (in Concerto Op.35) Ivan Rudin - Piano (in Concertino & Tarantella)

Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Conductor – Esa-Pekka Salonen Engineer – Fred Vogler Engineer [assistant] – Sergey Parfenov*, Tim Boot Executive-Producer – Ute Fesquet Liner Notes – Gerard McBurney, Peter Sellars Orchestra – Los Angeles Philharmonic* Photography By [Back Cover] – akg-images Producer – Sid McLauchlan