Performances are special for different reasons. Sometimes, a new work is premiered, other times a soloist draws all the emotional nectar available from a page of music. In some cases, some of the world’s finest musicians come together to exhibit pure musicianship at its best. Such is the case with the video above of Shostakovich’s op. 57 Piano Quintet (this is the end of the scherzo). Watch in particular for the frayed bow hairs of Mischa Maisky—that should tell you how much energy radiates from the stage here.

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