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

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BIS
Release Date
January 8, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Re:Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Beltran-Zavala
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 08, 2016
    • UPC
      7318599922270
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2227
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    2. II. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    3. III. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    4. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    5. V. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    6. Turceasca si Hora de la Goicea (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    7. Suite of Romanian Melodies (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    8. I. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    9. II. Andantino

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    10. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    11. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala

    12. Russian Klezmer Dance (arr. V. Nedea for orchestra)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: re:orchestra

      Conductor: Roberto Beltrán-Zavala


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.