About This Song
About "Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77: II. Scherzo. Allegro" by David Oistrakh
Shostakovich’s Scherzo is a jittery, mechanized nightmare, Oistrakh’s bow a piston firing through the orchestra’s clatter. Allegro—the energy is manic, a grin stretched too wide, each phrase a nervous tic.