Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians.
This week features Hyeyoon Park, Adrian Butterfield, Zehetmair Quartet, JACK Quartet, Carpe Diem String Quartet, and Erin James.
Dimitri Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto was banned for its "formalist distortions" and premiered in 1955, only after Stalin’s death.
Hyeyoon Park, winner of the 2009 ARD International Music Competition, presents a program featuring Shostakovich and Henriëtte Bosmans, two composers who faced political opposition.
Author's summary: New classical music releases.