Philharmonic in Close-Up: Shostakovich and Gubaidulina

Poetic and thrilling as the Philharmonic plays a trio and two quintets.

Strings from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, joined by guest pianist Stefan Vârtejaru, form a quintet and perform two thrilling piano quintets by Dmitri Shostakovich and Sofia Gubaidulina. Also Shostakovich's playful and poetically beautiful First Piano Trio, dedicated to Tatyana Glivenko, one of his early loves.