Kyiv Virtuosi & Dmitry Yablonsky - Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 73a & Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a (2017) [Hi-Res]

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01. Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): I. Allegretto - Kyiv Virtuosi
02. Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): II. Moderato con moto - Kyiv Virtuosi
03. Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): III. Allegro non troppo - Kyiv Virtuosi
04. Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): IV. Adagio - Kyiv Virtuosi
05. Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): V. Moderato - Kyiv Virtuosi
06. Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a (Arr. R. Barshai): I. Andante - Kyiv Virtuosi
07. Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a (Arr. R. Barshai): II. Allegretto furioso - Kyiv Virtuosi
08. Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a (Arr. R. Barshai): III. Adagio - Kyiv Virtuosi
09. Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a (Arr. R. Barshai): IV. Allegretto-Andante - Kyiv Virtuosi

An eminent violist and conductor, Rudolf Barshai was responsible for five transcriptions of Shostakovich’s String Quartets and this recording completes the sequence with the Third and Tenth (Volume 1 is on 8573466). Barshai recast String Quartet No. 3 as a chamber symphony for strings and woodwind, the latter adding a sense of foreboding to the texture and engaging in whimsical dialogues during a work full of terseness and piercing power. Fashioning a Symphony for Strings from the Tenth Quartet soon after its première, Barshai graphically charts its movement from innocence lost and then tentatively regained.

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