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Rudolf Barshai Vol.1 (LP) | Melodiya MELLP0051

Rudolf Barshai Vol.1 (LP)

Label: Melodiya

Cat No: MELLP0051

Barcode: 4600317200511

Format: LP

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st December 2014

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Contents

Artists

Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Rudolf Barshai

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K522
Symphony no.20 in D major, K133

Artists

Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Rudolf Barshai

About

Firma Melodiya revisits the art of Rudolf Barshai, an outstanding domestic musician and founder of the first chamber orchestra in the USSR.

The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, founded by Barshai and a few other enthusiasts in the 'thaw period', became a new page in the history of Soviet musical and performing practice. Thousands of concert goers recognized the music of baroque and classicism in a totally new sound, and Barshai’s orchestra’s records sold millions of copies, competing with the best known pop hits.

Their concerts also included contemporary music, but Mozart was the most frequently performed composer in the concert programmes and on the recordings of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.

This record showcases one of the early Salzburg period symphonies composed by a sixteen-year-old Mozart and a witty Musical Joke (Village Musicians’ Sextet), the composer’s neat parody of scribbling amateurs.

These recordings of Mozart’s works were made in 1972 and 1973.

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