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Cello Sonata
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan (Cello)
Performer: Katya Apekisheva (Piano)
Recording date: 29 October 2014
Date of broadcast: 22 December 2014
This music sounds as though it began life in 1790 and - Tardis-like - somehow appeared in 1934 Soviet Russia. A young Shostakovich loves the life of a composer. One year later his music is banned.
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan (Cello)
Performer: Katya Apekisheva (Piano)
Recording date: 29 October 2014
Date of broadcast: 22 December 2014
