[log in to unmask] writes: >Sony recently released a disc of the Shostakovich piano concertos performed >by Bronfman and Salonen (LA Philharmonic). Also, the disc has the piano >quintet from Bronfman and the Julliard String Quartet. A special experience is in store if you can find the Vanguard reissue of the Piano Quintet with Shostakovich and the Beethoven Quartet, the ensemble which premiered a good number of his quartets. Shostakovich's way with his part in the third of the five movements is unique. Although I have read that he was not considered an outstanding pianist, he recorded both of his piano concertos with Andre Cluytens. I particularly enjoyed the second of these. Michael Stein