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Rudolf Barshai
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Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (Russian: Рудольф Борисович Баршай, September 28, 1924 – November 2, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist. Barshai was born in Stanitsa Labinskaya, Krasnodar Krai, and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Tseitlin and Vadim Borisovsky. He performed as a soloist as well as together with Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, and as a member of a trio with Mstislav Rostropovich and Leonid Kogan. He won numerous Soviet and international competitions. He was the founding violist of the Borodin Quartet in 1945 and was a member until 1953. Later, he studied conducting under Ilya Musin in Leningrad Conservatory. In 1955, Barshai founded the Moscow Chamber Orchestra which he led and conducted until he emigrated to the West in 1977. He was the artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra from 1976 to 1981. From 1981 until 1982 Barshai was Principal Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre National de France (National Orchestra of France) from 1985 to 1986. Furthermore he was Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1982 to 1986. Barshai achieved fame as a musical interpreter and arranger of Dmitri Shostakovich's and Sergei Prokofiev's music. He is particularly noted for his arrangement of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 for chamber orchestra. In 2000, Barshai produced a completion of Gustav Mahler's Tenth Symphony, which was left unfinished at the compo
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Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a: I. Andante
2,2692Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a: II. Allegretto furioso
1,7953Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a: III. Adagio
1,5774Chamber Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a: IV. Allegretto
1,3115Chamber Symphony in C Minor, Op. 110a (arr. R. Barshai from String Quartet No. 8 for orchestra): II. Allegro molto
1866Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): I. Allegretto
1807ピアノ協奏曲 第1番から 第1楽章(冒頭)
1298Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): III. Allegro non troppo
1059Chamber Symphony in C Minor, Op. 110a (arr. R. Barshai from String Quartet No. 8 for orchestra): I. Largo
10110Chamber Symphony in F Major, Op. 73a (Arr. R. Barshai): II. Moderato con moto
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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a
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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 73a & Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Symphony for Strings
A Tribute to Rudolf Barshai
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Shostakovich: 3 Chamber Symphonies
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classical ever! one [Disc 2]
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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies Op. 73a & Op. 83a (Arr. by Barshai)
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100 Best Tchaikovsky
Rudolf Barshai : The Enchanting Sound of a Viola
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Russian Masquerade
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos
Rudolf Barshai Conducts: Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony Nos. 1 & 5