Although Shostakovich�s chamber music is dominated by the fifteen string quartets [Naxos 8.550973 � 0977], he also left his mark on the piano trio [Naxos 8.553297], the piano quintet [8.554830] and the accompanied sonatas. Those for cello, violin and for viola [Naxos 8.557231] count among his most significant instrumental creations. The 1934 Cello Sonata includes one of the earliest of Shostakovich�s sardonic scherzos, while the Largo is a �romance� that draws on a lineage taking in Tchaikovsky and even Rachmaninov. The 1968 Violin Sonata, written for David Oistrakh, is among Shostakovich�s most uncompromising pieces. Very different is the film score for The Gadfly whose Romance has assumed the status of a �lollipop�, not least through its use as the signature tune for the 1980s UK television drama Reilly, Ace of Spies.