From Dmitri Shostakovich’s early Preludes to the twilight Sonata for Viola and Piano, Manuel Vioque-Judde presents a genuine portrait of the Russian composer. In this album, the viola expresses itself at times like a film hero, at others like the secret voice of the oppressed composer… An album that can be heard as an autobiography, a crime thriller or a travel diary through the USSR, from the 1930s to the year 1975.