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Rudolph Barshai Edition  | Brilliant Classics 9010

Rudolph Barshai Edition

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 9010

Barcode: 5029365901024

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 15th June 2009

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Contents

Artists

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Mark Reshetin (bass)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Rudolph Barshai

Artists

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Mark Reshetin (bass)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Rudolph Barshai

About

The Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai was born in 1924 and studied at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories. He quickly became part of a group of outstanding young Soviet musicians and composers including Shostakovich, Richter, Oistrakh and Rostropovich. He frequently performed with them and, as he was a highly skilled arranger, had Shostakovich’s agreement to adapt several of his string quartets for string orchestra – the 10th quartet can be heard in this form in this extensive survey of his work as conductor and arranger.

Barshai established the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in 1955 and it soon gained a world class reputation for its searching performances of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert.

It would be impossible to include all of the prolific number of recordings Barshai has made, but this set captures the essence of the man – a highly skilled arranger, a champion of new music. A perceptive interpreter of the classical and romantic repertoire (and who believed that a 45-strong chamber orchestra of today was indistinguishable from that of a full orchestra of the classical period), with an awareness of what would become known as ‘period’ interpretation.

Barshai was also meticulous to the point of obsession over rehearsals. This tried the patience of many Western orchestras, but always produced superb performances. Very much a ‘musician’s musician’, Barshai became friends with Tippett, Britten and Menuhin. Now in his eighties, he lives in Switzerland and works tirelessly to serve ‘the composer’s will’, still producing his wonderful transcriptions for string ensemble.

Rudolf Barshai was one of the most fascinating and elusive musicians of the Soviet age. This set provides a unique opportunity to experience the artistry of a man lauded by so many great composers and fellow artists. It includes much unusual repertoire such as works by Weinberg, Rääts, Loshkin and Bunin, along with a classic recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.14.

Contents:
CD 1:
J S Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (beginning)

CD 2:
J S Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (conclusion)
Gluck, Rameau, Lully, Marais, Purcell - Concertos, dances & fantasias

CD 3:
Haydn
 -Trumpet Concerto
- Keyboard Concerto No.4
- Symphony No.100

CD 4
Mozart
- Symphony No.29
- Divertimento 17 K334

CD 5
Mozart: Divertimento K138
Beethoven
- Piano Concerto No.2
- Symphony No.8

CD 6
Debussy, Poulenc, Hindemith, Martinu - Serenades and divertimenti
Bartok: Divertimento for children
Britten: Simple Symphony

CD 7
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14
(Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano · Mark Reshetin, bass)
Weinberg: Sinfonietta No.2

CD 8
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op.118a (arr. Barshai)
Raats: Concerto for Strings
Boris Tchaikovsky: Chamber Symphony

CD 9
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives
Meerovich: Seranade
Karen Khachaturian: Aria
Lokshin: Symphony No.7

CD 10
Bunin
- Symphony No.5
- Concerto for chamber orchestra
Stravinsky: Concerto in D - Dumbarton Oaks

Live recordings made between 1956 and 1974.

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