Dmitri Shostakovich archive
Listen The Philadelphia Orchestra At Carnegie Hall WQXR
January 17, 2013 – The famed "Philadelphia Sound" comes to New York in music by Ravel and Shostakovich. WQXR
Watch Outspoken Russian Diva And Muse Galina Vishnevskaya Dies At 86
December 11, 2012 – The soprano was known for her electrifying performances and her dissident political views.
Read Spring For Music: The Houston Symphony's Subversive Shostakovich WQXR
May 7, 2012 – Hear the biting all-Shostakovich program the Houston Symphony brought to Carnegie Hall. WQXR
Read Carnegie Hall Live: Pavel Haas Quartet WQXR
April 27, 2012 – Hear the group the Times of London has called "the world's most exciting string quartet." WQXR
Read Lesser Shostakovich Finds A Home In Liverpool
November 22, 2011 – Masterful performances give weight to lesser-played symphonies.
Watch Hey, Kids, It's Vinny Pookh Time! Cartoon Music From The U.S.S.R.
November 3, 2011 – Who wrote music for kids' cartoons in the Soviet Union? Would you have guessed Dmitri Shostakovich?
Watch Conductor Kurt Sanderling Dies At 98
September 19, 2011 – Watch the later conductor lead music by his friend and compatriot, Dmitri Shostakovich.
Watch Which Composer Is The Biggest Badass?
June 27, 2011 – An idle query on Twitter ignites a fun debate.
Read The Supreme Court To Consider ... Prokofiev?
June 9, 2011 – One conductor's fight for 20th century music is going all the way to the nation's highest court.
Read Around The Classical Internet: May 20, 2011
May 20, 2011 – Tussling in Philadelphia, springing for music, remembering Mahler and much more.
Listen Spring For Music: Toledo Symphony WQXR
May 7, 2011 – The Ohio orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut with rarely heard music and 1,400 fans in tow. WQXR
Listen The Young Shostakovich Molds His Symphonic Sound
March 24, 2011 – Early Shostakovich symphonies shine in the hands of young conductor Vasily Petrenko.
Listen Finnish Accordions, Schubert's Blues: New Classical CDs
February 27, 2011 – NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic assortment of new releases.
Listen The Saddest Music In The World: 6 Tunes To Make You Teary-Eyed
September 27, 2010 – What's the saddest music you know? Hear the finest of the forlorn and the best of the bereaved.
Listen The Emerson Quartet At (Le) Poisson Rouge WQXR
April 26, 2010 – The lauded quartet played music from its broad repertoire, live from New York City. WQXR