Gary Bordner - Trumpet Works

The Principal Trumpet of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra plays chamber music with harpsichord and strings as well as works for trumpet & organ recorded in the St. Paul Cathedral

Rosalyra Quartet - Shostakovich 2 & 8

The contrast between these two quartets is startling. The Second Quartet was born during a warm, hopeful summer in 1944. The Eighth is a self-penned epitaph that was nearly a suicide note. Together they trace the basic outline of the dramatic life and work of Dimitri Shostakovich.