USTVOLSKAYA: CHAMBER MUSIC

Galina Ustvolskaya: Chamber Music

Mikhail Waiman (violin), Oleg Malov (piano), Maria Karandashova (piano), Oleg Stolpner (cello)

Shostakovich highly appreciated her music, and predicted her worldwide recognition. In his String Quartet No. 5 and in Suite on Words by Michelangelo (No. 9) he used the second theme from the finale of Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano by Ustvolskaya. He wrote in a letter to her, “it’s not you that are under my influence, but I’m under yours.”

Ustvolskaya: Grand Duet for Cello & Piano
Ustvolskaya: Octet for 2 oboes, 4 violins, timpani & piano
Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 1
Ustvolskaya: Sonata for Violin & Piano