Release Date: 02 January 2016
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313346677
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Shostakovich
Description
Rudolf Barshai's professional association with Shostakovich lasted until the composer's death. The success of his five transcriptions and arrangements of Shostakovich's string quartets was a catalyst for re-workings of nearly the entire cycle from string ensemble to full orchestra. The essential naivety and understatement of the First Quartet is here discreetly underlined by the larger string ensemble. This contrasts with the broodingly autobiographical Eighth Quartet, the searing emotions of which have made it the best known of Shostakovich's quartets. Barshai's transcription of the Fourth Quartet is his most ambitious and interventionist, the addition of winds and percussion emphasising the work's symphonic dimension. Dmitry Yablonksy, a GRAMMY®-nominated cellist and conductor, was born in Moscow into a musical family. His career has taken him to some of the most celebrated stages in the world, such as Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Moscow Great Hall, St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Taiwan National Hall, Teatre Mogador, Cité de la Musique and the Louvre, amongst others. His career as a conductor began at the age of 26 in Camerino, Italy, and since then he has collaborated with many major orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal Guest Conductor 2000- 2004), Novoya Rossiya (Principal Guest Conductor since 2012), National Chamber Ensemble 'Kiev Soloists' (Principal Conductor since 2014), Israel Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Antwerpen Orchestra, Maastricht Orchestra, Russian State Orchestra, Orchestre National d'Ile de France, Taiwan National Orchestra, Bologna Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM (OFUNAM), Mexico.
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Yaqi Yang; Margarita Parsamyan; Robynne Redmon; Minghao Liu; Frank Ragsdale; Kim Josephson; Kevin S
Vilmos Csikos; Olivier Lechardeur; Manon Lamaison
Tomas Cotik; Martingale Ensemble; Ken Selden
