Shostakovich & Barshai: Chamber Symphonies 1-5 - CD

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<br><br>Conductor Barshai is a well-known Shostakovich expert. His previous recordings for Brilliant Classics of the complete symphonies was received with great acclaim and won the Classical Award in Cannes some years ago.<br /> <br /> Barshai is now also making a name for himself as an arranger of Shostakovich’s string quartets for chamber orchestra: the Kammersinfonien of Chamber symphonies. He started with the eighth quartet, Opus 110(a).<br /> <br /> Together the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Barshai has recorded more of his very effective arrangements. The orchestra specializes in amongst others works by Shostakovich.<br /> <br /> New and recent recordings shedding a different light on the string quartets no.’s 1, 3, 4, 8 and 10. <br />