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A Tribute to Rudolf Barshai (FLAC)

A Tribute to Rudolf Barshai (FLAC)

Number of Disc: 20
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: ICA Classics
Catalogue: ICAB5136
Release: 2015
Size: 6.98 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113
01. I. Nicht schnell
02. II. Lebhaft
03. III. Rasch
04. IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64
05. Act I: The Street Awakens
06. Act III: Dance of the Antilles Maids
07. Act I: Masques
08. Act II: Friar Laurence
09. Act II: Death of Mercutio

10. Forsyth: Chanson celtique

Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25
11. No. 14 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2

Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43
12. No. 6. To Spring

13. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte

Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp, L. 137
14. I. Pastorale
15. II. Interlude
16. III. Final

Debussy: Préludes, Book 1, L. 117
17. Preludes, Book 1. No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin

Debussy: Petite Suite, L. 65
18. I. En bateau

CD 02
Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
01. I. Allemande
02. II. Courante
03. III. Sarabande
04. IV. Gigue
05. V. Ciaccona

Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op. 25 No. 1
06. I. Breit Viertel
07. II. Sehr frisch und straff (Viertel)
08. III. Sehr langsam
09. IV. Rasendes Zeitmass – Wild – Tonschonheit ist Nebensache
10. V. Langsam, aber mit viel Ausdruck

11. Hindemith: Trauermusik

Casadesus: Viola Concerto in the Style of Handel
12. I. Allegro moderato
13. II. Andante ma non troppo
14. III. Allegro molto

CD 03
Bunin: Viola Sonata in D Minor, Op. 26
01. I. Allegro appassionato
02. II. Andantino semplice
03. III. Sostenuto – Allegro spirituoso

Kryukov: Viola Sonata, Op. 15
04. Viola Sonata in D Minor, Op. 15

Khandoshkin: Viola Concerto in C Major
05. I. Moderato
06. II. Canzona. Andante
07. III. Rondo. Allegretto, “La Chasse”

Bunin: Viola Concerto in G Major, Op. 22
08. I. Andante – Allegro
09. II. Adagio espressivo
10. III. Maestoso – Allegro

CD 04
Beethoven: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto. Allegretto
04. IV. Adagio
05. V. Menuetto. Moderato
06. VI. Finale. Allegro

Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1
07. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio
08. II. Adagio ma non tanto e cantabile
09. III. Scherzo. Allegro
10. IV. Presto

CD 05
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 15
01. I. Allegro molto moderato
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Allegro molto

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
05. I. Prelude. Lento
06. II. Fugue. Adagio
07. III. Scherzo. Allegretto
08. IV. Intermezzo. Lento
09. V. Finale. Allegretto

CD 06
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Moderato
03. III. Allegro molto
04. IV. Allegro

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
05. I. Allegretto
06. II. Moderato non troppo
07. III. Allegro non troppo
08. IV. Adagio –
09. V. Moderato

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83
10. I. Allegretto
11. II. Andantino
12. III. Allegretto –
13. IV. Allegretto

CD 07
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
03. III. Adagio molto e mesto –
04. IV. Theme russe. Allegro

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence in D Minor, Op. 70, TH 118
05. I. Allegro con spirito
06. II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
07. III. Allegretto moderato
08. IV. Allegro vivace

CD 08
Boccherini: Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 No. 2, G. 510
01. I. Allegro vivo
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro giusto

Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin & Cello in B-Flat Major, RV 547
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro molto

Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Largo – Larghetto
09. III. Allegro

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Largo
12. III. Danza pastorale

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 “Summer”
13. I. Allegro non molto
14. II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
15. III. Presto

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 “Autumn”
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Adagio molto
18. III. Allegro

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 “Winter”
19. I. Allegro non molto
20. II. Largo
21. III. Allegro

CD 09
Albinoni: Concerto à 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 1
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro

Albinoni: Concerto à 5 in D Major, Op. 5 No. 3
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Presto
07. IV. Adagio
08. V. Allegro

Tartini: Cello Concerto in A Major
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Larghetto
11. III. Allegro assai

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 319
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Largo
14. III. Allegro

Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
15. I. Allegro
16. II. Adagio
17. III. Allegro assai

Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
18. I. Vivace
19. II. Largo ma non tanto
20. III. Allegro

CD 10
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Presto

Bach: Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro assai

Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Allegro assai

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
10. I. Molto allegro
11. II. Andante
12. III. Menuetto. Allegretto
13. IV. Allegro assai

CD 11
Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 “Salzburg Symphony No. 1”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Presto

Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364
04. I. Allegro maestoso
05. II. Andante
06. III. Presto

07. Mozart: Rondo in C Major, K. 373

Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
08. I. Allegro moderato
09. II. Andante
10. III. Menuetto
11. IV. Allegro con spirito

CD 12
Mozart: Symphony No. 10 in G Major, K. 74
01. I. Allegro –
02. II. Andante
03. III. Rondo. Allegro

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish”
04. I. Allegro aperto – Adagio – Allegro aperto
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 “Elvira Madigan”
07. I. Allegro maestoso
08. II. Andante
09. III. Allegro vivace assai

10. Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 382: Rondo in D Major, K. 382 (Live)

CD 13
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, Hob. I:49 “La Passione”
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Allegro di molto
03. III. Minuet and Trio
04. IV. Finale. Presto

Haydn: Keyboard Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11
05. I. Vivace
06. II. Un poco adagio
07. III. Rondo all’ungarese: Allegro assai

Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104 “London”
08. I. Adagio – Allegro
09. II. Andante
10. III. Menuet – Trio
11. IV. Finale: Allegro spiritoso

CD 14
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Menuetto. Allegro molto
04. IV. Allegro vivace

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14, Op. 135
05. I. De profundis. Adagio
06. II. Malagueña. Allegretto
07. III. Loreley. Allegro molto
08. IV. The Suicide. Adagio
09. V. On the Watch. Allegretto
10. VI. Madam, look!. Adagio
11. VII. In the Sante Prison. Adagio
12. VIII. Reply of the Zaporozhye Cossacks to the Sultan of Constantinople. Allegro
13. IX. O Delvig, Delvig!. Andante
14. X. Death of the Poet. Largo
15. XI. Conclusion. Moderato

CD 15
Lokshin: Symphony No. 5 “Shakespeare’s Sonnets”
01. I. Sonnet No. 66. Tir’d with all these, for restful death I cry
02. II. Sonnet No. 73. That time of year thou mayst in me behold

03. Symphony No. 4, “Sinfonia stretta”

Lokshin: 3 Scenes from Goethe’s Faust
04. I. Andante
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Andante

CD 16
Martinů: Divertimento, H. 215 “Serenade No. 4”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante moderato
03. III. Allegretto

Bartók: Divertimento, Sz. 113, BB 118
04. I. Allegro non troppo
05. II. Molto adagio
06. III. Allegro assai

Stravinsky: Concerto for Strings in D Major
07. I. Vivace
08. II. Arioso. Andantino
09. III. Rondo. Allegro

Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, Tableau I
10. Prologue. The Birth of Apollo

Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, Tableau II
11. Variation of Apollo
12. Pas d’action: Apollo and the Muses
13. Variation of Calliope
14. Variation of Polymnia
15. Variation of Terpsichore
16. Variation of Apollo
17. Pas de deux. Apollo and Terpsichore
18. Coda. Apollo and the Muses
19. Apotheosis. Apollo and the Muses

CD 17
01. Fantasia a 4 in D Minor, Z. 739
02. Fantasia a 4 in D Minor, Z. 743

Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4
03. I. Boisterous Bouree
04. II. Playful Pizzicato
05. III. Sentimental Sarabande
06. IV. Frolicsome Finale

Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
07. I. Allegro con brio
08. II. Adagio cantabile
09. III. Allegro molto

Tippett: Ritual Dances from “The Midsummer Marriage”
10. Prelude – Transformation – Preparation for the first dance –
11. First Dance, “The earth in autumn (The hound chases the hare)” – Transformation – Preparation for the second dance –
12. Second Dance, “The waters in winter (The otter chases the fish)” – Transformation – Preparation for the third dance –
13. Third Dance, “The air in spring (The hawk chases the bird)” – Preparation for the fourth dance
14. Fourth Dance, “Fire in summer (The voluntary human sacrifice)”

CD 18
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner”
01. I. Allegro con spirito
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto
04. IV. Presto

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 “From the New World”
05. I. Adagio – Allegro molto
06. II. Largo
07. III. Molto vivace
08. IV. Allegro con fuoco

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
09. No. 1. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
10. No. 2. Ging heut’ morgen ubers Feld
11. No. 3. Ich hab’ ein gluhend Messer
12. No. 4. Die zwei blauen Augen

CD 19
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Minor
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Scherzo
03. III. Purgatorio. Allegretto moderato
04. IV. Allegro pesante
05. V. Finale

CD 20
Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro
03. III. Andante
04. IV. Finale. Allegro giusto

Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
05. I. Moderato e semplice
06. II. Andante cantabile
07. III. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco
08. IV. Finale. Allegro giusto

Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C Minor, Op. 110a
09. I. Largo –
10. II. Allegro molto –
11. III. Allegretto –
12. IV. Largo –
13. V. Largo

Russian-born Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010) was possibly the most famous viola player of all time. He performed as a soloist and in chamber groups with Shostakovich, Richter, Oistrakh and Rostropovich and later with Kogan and Gilels. He won numerous Soviet and international competitions.

He was the founding violist of the Borodin Quartet in 1945 and was a member until 1953.

In 1955, Barshai formed and led the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, a superb ensemble, which soon became internationally famous until he emigrated to the West in 1977. He was the artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra from 1977 to 1981.

Barshai was music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (1981-1982), principal guest conductor of Orchestre National de France (1985-86) and music director of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1982-88).

In addition, Barshai achieved fame as a musical interpreter and arranger of Shostakovich’s and Prokofiev’s music as well as a pioneer of the composer Alexander Lokshin. He was particularly noted for his arrangement of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8 for chamber orchestra and recorded a number of Shostakovich’s works, including the world premiere recording of the composer’s Fourteenth Symphony in 1969.

In 2000, Barshai produced a completion of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony. Many of his recordings have earned critical acclaim and have won international awards in including the 1988 Gramophone Award, as well as awards for the complete Shostakovich Symphonies.

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