Shostakovich: Piano Quintet. & Ustvolskaya: Symphony no. 5. + Octet. London Musici. 1 CD. RCA

Dimitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet. & Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony no. 5 + Composition no. 3 + Octet. London Musici quartet + Kathryn Stott plays the piano, and Sergei Leiferkus is the narrator, in some recordings from 1994.

 1 CD. RCA. RD 65454-2

*** Recommendation ***

1.  Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57 by Dmitri Shostakovich 
 
Performer: Kathryn Stott (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Musici Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1940; USSR 
    
 
 
2.  Octet for 2 Oboes, 4 Violins, Timpani and Piano by Galina Ustvolskaya 
 
Performer: Sue Bohling (Oboe), William Stephenson (Piano), Maya Iwabuchi (Violin),
Christopher Tombling (Violin), Susie Mészáros (Violin), Margaret Tindale (Oboe),
Lyn Fletcher (Violin), Graham Cole (Timpani)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949-1950; USSR 
    
 
 
3.  Composition no 3 "Benedictus qui venit" by Galina Ustvolskaya 
 
Performer: Robin O'Neill (Bassoon), Helen Keen (Flute), Karen Jones (Flute),
Lynda Coffin (Flute), Kathleen Stevenson (Flute), Catherine Antcliffe (Bassoon),
Gareth Newman (Bassoon), Mark Stephenson (Piano), Gavin McNaughton (Bassoon)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1974-1975; USSR 
    
 
 
4.  Symphony no 5 by Galina Ustvolskaya 
 
Performer: Sue Bohling (Oboe), Torbjörn Hultmark (Trumpet), Lyn Fletcher (Violin),
David Powell (Tuba), Sergei Leiferkus (Spoken Vocals), Graham Cole (Percussion)
Conductor: Mark Stephenson
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Musici
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1989-1990; USSR