Shostakovich - Barshai: Chamber Symphonies Dmitri Ensemble & Graham Ross

• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (Quartet No. 8):
• 1 I. Largo 05:16
• 2 II. Allegro molto 03:04
• 3 III. Allegretto 04:48
• 4 IV. Largo 05:14
• 5 V. Largo 04:12
• Chamber Symphony ‘Eine kleine Symphonie’, Op. 49a (Quartet No. 1):
• 6 I. Moderato 04:53
• 7 II. Moderato 04:39
• 8 III. Allegro molto 02:35
• 9 IV. Allegro 03:39
• Chamber Symphony ‘Symphonie für Streicher’, Op. 118a (Quartet No. 10):
• 10 I. Andante 05:03
• 11 II. Allegretto furioso 04:23
• 12 III. Adagio 06:10
• 13 IV. Allegretto 10:21
• Total Runtime 01:04:17

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The Dmitri Ensemble under Graham Ross performs Shostakovich's String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 and 10, re-worked as thrilling Chamber Symphonies for string orchestra by his pupil and advocate, Rudolf Barshai. Written in Dresden 1960, Shostakovich was sent there to compose a film score but was overwhelmed by the aftermath of WWII bombings which he saw; the result was the 8th quartet.

Named after Dmitri Shostakovich, the Dmitri Ensemble is based around the central core of a string ensemble, with a special commitment to presenting both unjustly neglected and newly-penned works with an innovative approach to engaging concert programming. Under the direction of the co-founder and Principal Conductor, Graham Ross, it has worked alongside living composers and has an increasingly diverse discography.

The Ensemble’s collaborations with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, for hm USA, include a highly-praised recording of choral works by Imogen Holst, which received both Diapason d’Or and Le Choix de France Musique awards, and which was shortlisted for a 2013 Gramophone Award and 'Lux de caelo: Music for Christmas', released in 2014, was widely praised in the national and international press, selected as Christmas Choice, BBC Music Magazine, 2014. Their latest release in a series of works for the church year, which have regularly made the Top 10 of the UK Specialist Classical Charts, is 'Ascendit Deus: Music for Ascensiontide and Pentecost' with the Choir of Clare College, released March 9th.

“The rendition as a whole is nothing if not fresh and finely poised, the band’s relatively modest forces placed in generous acoustic (St John the Evangelist, Upper Noorwood) without loss of clarity or focus. Indeed, the results are superb … Recommended.” (Gramophone)

The Dmitri Ensemble
Graham Ross, conductor

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