Shostakovich +: Chamber Symphonies Opp. 73a & 83a

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[the ensemble] is crisp, buoyant and nicely nuanced, particularly in the couplings — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016

Release Date: 29th Jan 2016
Catalogue No: BIS2227
Label: BIS
Length: 72 minutes

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Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

Work length23:59

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re:orchestra
Roberto Beltrán Zavala

I. Allegretto

Track length2:52

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II. Moderato con moto

Track length3:57

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III. Allegro non troppo

Track length4:15

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IV. Adagio

Track length7:21

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V. Moderato

Track length5:34

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trad.: Turcească şi hora de la Goicea (Arr. V. Nedea for Chamber Orchestra)

Work length3:58

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re:orchestra
Roberto Beltrán Zavala

trad.: Suite of Romanian Melodies (Arr. V. Nedea for Chamber Orchestra)

Work length5:57

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re:orchestra
Roberto Beltrán Zavala

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83a (Arr. R. Barshai for Chamber Orchestra)

Work length28:15

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re:orchestra
Roberto Beltrán Zavala

I. Allegro

Track length11:30

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II. Andantino

Track length4:05

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III. Allegretto

Track length7:48

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IV. Allegretto

Track length4:52

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trad.: Russian Klezmer Dance (Arr. V. Nedea for Orchestra)

Work length10:19

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re:orchestra
Roberto Beltrán Zavala

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The two 'Chamber Symphonies' recorded here are in fact two of Dmitri Shostakovich's celebrated string quartets, orchestrated by Rudolf Barshai whom, as a member of the Borodin Quartet, enjoyed a long collaboration with Shostakovich. A recurring element in Shostakovich's oeuvre is the use of 'popular' and 'Gypsy' tunes, as well as Jewish folk music, which he described as 'almost always laughter through tears' a quality he found 'close to my ideas of what music should be'. His Third and Fourth String Quartets, Opp. 73 and 83, were composed in 1946 and 1949 respectively, during the aftermath of World War II and the onset of Stalin's terror. In both works Shostakovich made use of folk elements to convey different ideas and to appeal to the listener's immediate emotions. With the aim of highlighting this relationship between the composer and the popular music that surrounded him, Shostakovich + presents Barshai's imaginative orchestrations of these scores in an unusual context, performing them interspersed with pieces that represent a potential folk influence on parts of Shostakovich's oeuvre. The disc is part of a project called Essential Music initiated by the re:orchestra, a young and vibrant ensemble based in Rotterdam. Together with its artistic director, the Mexican-Dutch conductor Roberto Beltrán-Zavala, the ensemble regularly undertakes multidisciplinary projects. For the present disc Vasile Nedea has arranged a Russian klezmer dance, a group of folk melodies from Transylvania and Muntenia and two Romanian dances: Turceasca and Hora de la Goicea.

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March 2016

[the ensemble] is crisp, buoyant and nicely nuanced, particularly in the couplings

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