Commemorating 50 years since Shostakovich’s death: violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
8 August 2025
The duo share their thoughts on a new album featuring the composer’s Cello Sonata arranged for viola, the recently discovered Impromptu and the monumental Viola Sonata.
A new album featuring two immense sonatas and a relatively recently discovered work by Shostakovich is released the day before the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Perhaps the anniversary is a fitting occasion for violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott to record the Viola Sonata, which was Shostakovich’s final work, completed just over one month before his death in 1975.