Historical Russian Archives: Rudolf Barshai Edition / Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Bartok et al. [10 CDs] (live, 1956 - 1974)

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Album Summary

Performers

• Timofei Dokshitzer (Trumpet)
• Arthur Moreira-Lima (Piano)
• John Lill (Piano)
• Yevgeny Smirnov (Violin)
• Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
• Mark Reshetin (Bass)
• Alexander Korneyev (Flute)
• Rudolf Barshai (Viola)
• Boris Dobrokhotov (Bass Viola da gamba)
• Irina Morozova (Viola)

Conductor

• Barshai, Rudolf

Ensemble

• Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Composers

• Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1925 - 1996)
• Karen Khachaturian (1920 - 2011)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Alexander Lokshin (1920 - 1987)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Jaan Rääts (1932 - )
• Mikahil Meerovich
• Revol Samuilovich Bunin
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Notes & Reviews:

The Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai was born in 1924 and studied at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories. He quickly became part of a group of outstanding young Soviet musicians and composers including Shostakovich, Richter, Oistrakh and Rostropovich. One of the most fascinating and elusive musicians of the Soviet age, This set provides a unique opportunity to experience the artistry of a man lauded by so many great composers and fellow artists. The set includes unusual repertoire including Weinberg, Rääts, Loshkin, Bunin is included along with a classic recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No 14. - 'The playing of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra has great intensity and feeling, indeed it could hardly be bettered.' - Gramophone review of Shostakovich 14, 1971 'Barshai's orchestration of 15 of Prokofiev's 20 capricious short pieces...is really masterly. Such imaginative and ingenious scoring as this demands an orchestra of virtuoso soloists, and this he is fortunate enough to have.' - Gramophone 1963

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 81 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1742
• Studio/Live: Live

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Don Giovanni :: Allegretto (Pizzicato)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Ballet
• Studio/Live: Live

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts) :: La Poule

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts) :: Menuets

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts) :: L'Enharmonique

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts) :: L'Égyptienne

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Gavotte for harpsichord in A minor (Premier livre des pièces de clavecin)

• Performer: Alexander Korneyev (Flute)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Lully, Jean-Baptiste : Work(s) :: Menuet

• Performer: Rudolf Barshai (Viola)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Lully, Jean-Baptiste : Work(s) :: Arioso

• Performer: Rudolf Barshai (Viola)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Marais, Marin : Trois pièces de viole :: La Provencale

• Performers: Boris Dobrokhotov (Bass Viola da gamba); Irina Morozova (Viola)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Marais, Marin : Trois pièces de viole :: La Musette

• Performers: Irina Morozova (Viola); Boris Dobrokhotov (Bass Viola da gamba)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Marais, Marin : Trois pièces de viole :: La Basque

• Performers: Boris Dobrokhotov (Bass Viola da gamba); Irina Morozova (Viola)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Live

Purcell, Henry : Fantasia for 4 Viols in F major, Z 737

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 06/14/1680
• Studio/Live: Live

Purcell, Henry : Fantasia for 4 Viols in B flat major, Z 736

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 06/11/1680
• Studio/Live: Live

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1

• Performer: Timofei Dokshitzer (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1796
• Studio/Live: Live

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Concerto for Keyboard in G major, H 18 no 4

• Performer: Arthur Moreira-Lima (Piano)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 21 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1768
• Studio/Live: Live

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 100 in G major ("Military") H. 1/100

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 25 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1793-1794
• Studio/Live: Live

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 26 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1774
• Studio/Live: Live

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 17 in D major, K 334

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1779.
• Running Time: 44 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1779
• Studio/Live: Live

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 13 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1772
• Studio/Live: Live

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

• Performer: John Lill (Piano)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 28 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1788-1798
• Studio/Live: Live

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 25 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1812
• Studio/Live: Live

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner :: The Little Shepherd

• Performer: Alexander Korneyev (Flute)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908
• Studio/Live: Live

Poulenc, Francis : Valse for Piano

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1919
• Studio/Live: Live

Hindemith, Paul : Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz, Spielmusik für Streicher und Bläser, Op. 45/3 :: 1. Breit. Majestätisch

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928-1929
• Studio/Live: Live

Hindemith, Paul : Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz, Spielmusik für Streicher und Bläser, Op. 45/3 :: 2. Munter

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928-1929
• Studio/Live: Live

Martinu, Bohuslav : Divertimento (Serenade no 4) for violin, viola & chamber orchestra, H. 215

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 02/29/1932
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113

• Performers: Rudolf Barshai (Viola); Yevgeny Smirnov (Violin)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 22 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Andante grazioso (Play Song, Vol. 1/7)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Vivace (Vol. 1/12)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Moderato sostenuto (Vol. 1/3)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Allegro robusto (Vol. 1/21)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Allegretto (Vol. 2/34)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Vivace risoluto (Canon, Vol. 3/29)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Poco allegro (Drinking Song, Vol. 1/20)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Allegro giocoso (Jest, Vol. 2/27)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Andante sostenuto (Vol. 2/31)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : For Children, BB 53/Sz 42 :: Risoluto (Vol. 2/36)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Britten, Benjamin : Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1934
• Studio/Live: Live

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, strings & percussion, Op. 135

• Performers: Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano); Mark Reshetin (Bass)
• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1969.
• Running Time: 44 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1969
• Studio/Live: Live

Weinberg, Mieczyslaw : Sinfonietta no 2 in A minor, Op. 74

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1960
• Studio/Live: Live

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Chamber Symphony in A flat major, Op. 118a (arr. by Robert Barshai from String Quartet No 10)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: Soviet Union.
• Running Time: 22 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Prelude & Fugue for piano no 20 in C minor, Op. 87/20

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950-1951
• Studio/Live: Live

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Prelude & Fugue for piano no 8 in F sharp minor, Op. 87/8

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950-1951
• Studio/Live: Live

Jaan Rääts (1932 - ) : Concerto for strings, Op. 16

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 12 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1961
• Studio/Live: Live

Tchaikovsky, Boris : Chamber Symphony

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 19 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1967
• Studio/Live: Live

Prokofiev, Sergei : Visions fugitives (20) for Piano, Op. 22

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 11 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915-1917
• Studio/Live: Live

Prokofiev, Sergei : Music for Children, Op. 65/3 :: A Little Story (Fairy Tale)

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1935
• Studio/Live: Live

Meerovich, Mikahil : Serenade, for chamber orchestra

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 25 sec.
• Studio/Live: Live

Khachaturian, Karen : Sonata for Cello :: Aria

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Lokshin, Alexander L. : Symphony no 7, for contralto & chamber orchestra

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1972
• Studio/Live: Live

Bunin, Revol Samuilovich : Symphony no 5, Op. 45

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 18 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1961
• Studio/Live: Live

Bunin, Revol Samuilovich : Concerto for chamber orchestra in G minor, Op. 33

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1961
• Studio/Live: Live

Stravinsky, Igor : Concerto for Violin in D major

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1946.
• Running Time: 10 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1946
• Studio/Live: Live

Stravinsky, Igor : Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1938
• Studio/Live: Live