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Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4 / Beltrán-Zavala, re:orchestra
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Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4 / Beltrán-Zavala, re:orchestra

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Details

Composer
SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
Artist
Beltran-Zavala
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 08, 2016
Catalog #
BIS-2227
UPC
7318599922270

About

The two "Chamber Symphonies" recorded here are in fact two of Dmitri Shostakovich's celebrated string quartets, orchestrated, with the composer's approval, by Rudolf Barshai, who as a member of the Borodin Quartet enjoyed a long collaboration with Shostakovich. A recurring element in Shostakovich’s œuvre is the use of "popular" music, such as themes reminiscent of the circus or cabaret and "Gypsy" tunes. It is also well known that Shostakovich was acquainted with, and deeply attracted to, 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". The disc is part of a project called Essential Music initiated by the re:orchestra, a young and vibrant ensemble based in Rotterdam but with its members active in some of Europe’s foremost orchestras. Together with its artistic director, the Mexican-Dutch conductor Roberto Beltrán-Zavala, the ensemble regularly undertakes multidisciplinary projects attracting a rocketing audience of young people. For the present disc, the multi-instrumentalist Vasile Nedea, with a Romani background, 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.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegretto 07:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    07:17
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  2. 2 II. Moderato con moto 05:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Moderato con moto
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  3. 3 III. Allegro non troppo 03:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  4. 4 IV. Adagio 05:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  5. 5 V. Moderato 11:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Moderato
    Duration
    11:24
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  6. 6 Turceasca si Hora de la Goicea (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra) 02:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    Turceasca si Hora de la Goicea (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra)
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  7. 7 Suite of Romanian Melodies (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra) 03:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    Suite of Romanian Melodies (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  8. 8 I. Allegro 03:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  9. 9 II. Andantino 07:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  10. 10 III. Allegretto 04:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  11. 11 IV. Allegretto 10:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegretto
    Duration
    10:11
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala
  12. 12 Russian Klezmer Dance (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra) 03:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    Russian Klezmer Dance (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    re:orchestra
    Conductor
    Roberto Beltrán-Zavala