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	Rudolf Barshai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rudolf Barshai (born September 28, 1924) in Stanitsa Lobinskaya, is a Soviet/Russian conductor and viola player.
		Although Rudolf Barshai has made countless recordings - the most important of his current projects is a complete cycle of the fifteen Shostakovich symphonies with the Cologne Radio Orchestra - he has always kept aloof from the media circus.
		Barshai's name stands for the masterful realization of the composer's will; a principled advocate of their ideas, he dedicates his legendary ability to rapidly mould an orchestra’s sound to his conceptions to one sole purpose: achieving clarity and focus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rudolf_Barshai (1034 words)

	Rudolf Barshai (Conductor) - Short Biography
		The Russian conductor, Rudolf Barshai (Borisovich), studied violin at the Moscow Conservatory with Lev Zeitlin and viola with Borisovsky, graduating in 1948.
		Although Rudolf Barshai has made countless recordings - the most important of his current projects is a complete cycle of the 15 Shostakovich symphonies with the Cologne Radio Orchestra - he has always kept aloof from the media circus.
		Rudolf Barshai continually seeks opportunities to engage in creative work of his own as well, composing, orchestrating and arranging, always on a quest for new sounds.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Barshai-Rudolf.htm (873 words)

	Mahler Symphonies 5 and 10 Barshai [TD]: Classical CD Reviews- March 2004 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		You will gather that even then I was prepared to live with Rudolf Barshai’s version of the score principally on the evidence of his superb conducting of it that I had heard in two radio broadcasts.
		Barshai’s grasp of the arching structure is unerring.
		Barshai’s balance of head and heart is illustrated yet again in both score and interpretation.
	musicweb-international.com /classrev/2004/Mar04/Mahler105Barshai.htm (2552 words)

	DSCH 23 Shostakovich CD Reviews - Chamber Symphonies
		Rudolf Barshai, Chamber Orchestra of Europe[a-d]; Gidon Kremer (violin)[e,f], Kremerata Musica[e].
		Barshai has an intimate relationship with the Shostakovich repertoire as both a performer of the quartets with the Borodin Quartet and as a conductor of some of his major works - remember that he added a little percussive spice to the concluding bars of the Fourteenth Symphony with the composer's approval.
		Barshai conducts flawless accounts, but his tempos are a little sluggish by today's standards - for example in each of the last two movements of op.
	www.dschjournal.com /reviews/rvs23op73a.htm (1470 words)

	Brittens Music - Articles and Reviews: Shostakovich by Barshai
		Rudolf Barshai, conductor; WDR Sinfonieorchester; Sergei Aleksashkin, Vladimir Vaneev, bass; Alla Simoni, soprano; Rundfunkchor; The Choral Academy, Moscow
		The premiere of the Fourteenth Symphony went to Barshai, and the conductor also is responsible for several arrangements for string orchestra of the composer's quartets.
		Barshai's only failing is that he can't quite find the chill needed in, for example, the opening movement of the Eleventh Symphony, or in the fourth movement of the Eighth, but this barely detracts from the overall worth of this set.
	www.redanonline.com /seafordmusic/smws10barshai.htm (691 words)

	Rudolf Barshai Story
		Of the great conductors of our time, Rudolf Barshai is surely the one most closely associated with the contemporary composers whose music he conducts.
		Although Rudolf Barshai has made countless recordings - the most important of his current projects is a complete cycle of the fifteen Shostakovich symphonies with the Cologne Radio Orchestra - he has always kept aloof from the media circus.
		The premiere of the Barshai version undoubtedly constituted a new and meaningful addition to the symphonic repertoire.
	www.rudolfbarshai.com /index_files/story.htm (813 words)

	SHOSTAKOVICH Complete Symphonies Barshai Brilliant [DB]: Classical CD Reviews- Jun2002 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Barshai’s recording is slightly disturbed by much loud page-turning at various points, one of several indications that these performances were not studio based but derived from broadcast recordings, possibly in front of a very quiet audience.
		Whether one should see this as Barshai being inflexible and relentless as befits the music, or as unwilling to go with the drama of this great movement, is a matter of personal opinion.
		Barshai is faster than my favourite Berglund (EMI) but from the very rounded muted trumpet sounds near the start to the huge clangs on the bells at the end this performance it did greatly impress.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2002/Jun02/Shostakovich_symphonies_Barshai.htm (2646 words)

	Guest Artist of the Orchestra Rudolf Barshai,
		Rudolf Barshai gained his diploma at the Moscow Conservatory in violin and viola studies, and during this time he also studied composition under Dmitri Shostakovich.
		Barshai is a welcome guest conductor from Paris to London, Rome to Japan, in all the world's important musical centres.
		Iván Fischer nails his very individual colours to the mast from the opening fanfares, with tiny rhetorical hesitations between the second and the third and third and fourth bars, and then a broadening as the full brass choir marches grimly towards the fanfares repeat.
	www.bfz.hu /vendegmuveszek/egy_vendegmuvesz_en.php?id=399 (193 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies [Box set]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Barshai is an expert Virgil taking us through this dark world, the recording is very good (with notable clarity from the voices) and the whole experience is available for a very modest outlay if we feel up to it.
		Barshai and Shostakovich were long associates, and Barshai's farmiliarity shows right through this set, which pulls the best out of a mid-ranking German regional orchestra.
		Barshai, for many years, was a close associate of Shostakovich (and the arranger of, among other pieces, Shostakovich's remarkable 8th Quartet for chamber orchestra as his "Chamber Symphony"), and he has this music in his blood.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UW2B (1620 words)

	Moscow Chamber Orchestra Discography
		The withdrawn quality is beautifully preserved in Rudolf Barshai's arrangement of fifteen out of the twenty pieces, made in 1962 for his own Moscow Chamber Orchestra.
		The lyrical heart of the series remains Prokofiev's No. 8 (seventh in Barshai's sequence), where the simple melody gains extra expressive impact on its return by the delayed appearance of the first violins.
		Elsewhere, Barshai is rightly careful not to unleash string effects for their own sake, though the rushing middle section of No. 4 in this guise is surprisingly prophetic of the slithery spirit-raising in the infernal opera The Fiery Angel.
	www.moscowchamberorchestra.com /disc_artist_chan9615.html (864 words)

	ODB : Chostakovitch, Barshai / Bach / Mozart, direction Rudolf Barshai
		Rudolf Barshai’s Chamber Symphony opus 110 is essentially an adaptation of Shostakovitch’s 8th Quartet dedicated to “the memory of the victims of fascism and the war”.
		The Quartet was written over a 3-day period during the composer’s trip to Dresden, a city still in ruins in 1960 and transcends the total suffering of the victims of totalitarianism.
		Conductor Rudolf Barshai rounds off an exceptional carte blanche with the famous Symphony n?40, K 550 in G minor by Amadeus Mozart and the Brandenburg concerto n?3 in G major by Johann Sebastian Bach.
	www.t-n-b.fr /uk/fiche/index.asp?spectacleid=23 (188 words)

	The DSCH JOURNAL - An Interview with Rudolf Barshai
		Rudolf Barshai opened the event with two works; the Chamber Symphony in D major, op.
		Rudolf Barshai: The success of the symphony with the public was impossible to describe!
		Barshai's approach was clearly unromantic and the tempo of the introduction moved mercilessly into the "invasion theme".
	www.dschjournal.com /journal17/barshai.htm (1758 words)

	Askonas Holt: Rudolf Barshai
		Maestro Barshai has led a very distinguished career and has performed with the likes of Shostakovich, Richter and others and with important orchestras such as the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National de Paris, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
		He is a noted recording artist and has recorded with labels such as EMI, Decca and others.
		Rudolf Barshai has recently recorded a complete cycle of Shostakovich symphonies with the Westdeutsche Rudfunk Symphony Orchestra and Shostakovich's four Chamber Symphonies for Deutsche Grammophon with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
	www.askonasholt.co.uk /Green/Green/home.nsf/Lookup5a/Rudolf+Barshai (153 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Shostakovich: Symphonies / Barshai, West German Rso
		Rudolf Barshai's WDR Symphony Orchestra cycle (recorded 1994-2000 in Cologne) is one of the best all around sets available, with idiomatic playing that approaches that of great Russian orchestras and masterful conducting by a man who knew and worked closely with the composer.
		5: Barshai's interpretation is stern yet elegant, and his emphasis on the work's classical proportions brilliantly points up the symphony's relationship to Beethoven (as well as Mahler).
		15: Barshai's light touch emphasizes the music's droll qualities and flies directly in the face of ironic and angst-ridden portrayals by Neeme Järvi and Kurt Sanderling; the finale is spectacular.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?album_id=89458 (678 words)

	Press & News - Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
		(premiered in 1994 by Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony), Clinton Carpenter (released on CD in 2002 with the Dallas Symphony under Andrew Litton), and this version, by distinguished scholar of Mahlerâs music and renowned conductor Rudolf Barshai, that was premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, in November 2000.
		The result of Maestro Barshaiâs efforts is dramatic and majestic version of the work that is both insightful and authentically true to the Mahler tradition.
		Famed Russian-born conductor, composer, music scholar and violist Rudolf Barshai has established a stellar reputation in the world of classical music during a career that has spanned six decades.
	www.indianapolissymphony.org /about/press/article.aspx?pressReleaseID=12 (484 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		Rudolf Barshai's Mahler Fifth earned a "10" for artistic quality when it first appeared on Laurel Records (type Q558 in Search Reviews to find that review), and its reappearance at budget price, more readily available, should win this magnificent performance many more friends.
		Part of the effect may derive from Barshai's fuller instrumentation and bolder dynamics, and you can't help but notice the date of this live performance: September 12, 2001.
		Whatever the reason, the entire reading has tremendous intensity and conviction, though as with all arrangers of this work Barshai hasn't quite solved the problem of the finale's quick middle section and the return of the first-movement climax--nor perhaps (at this stage of composition) had Mahler.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=7563 (219 words)

	Rudolf Barshai Home Page
		A premier performance was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 19th, 2000 with consequent performances throughout the world.
		A recording was made in September of 2001 with Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and a released on Brilliant Classics (a Division of Joan Records).
		Maestro Barshai is a current Conductor Emeritus of the Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan
	www.rudolfbarshai.com (75 words)

	Orchestra Audition Material
		Rudolf Barshai): Chamber Symphony for String Orchestra, Op.
		The 3rd measure after 8, the first two notes are up bow.
		Errata: Six measures from the end, add a subito piano, down bow at the tip (no retake).
	www.tmea.org /065_Orchestra/audmaterial_r.html (1001 words)

	Lokshin
		First performance in Moscow in 1969 by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Barshai, and Jan Kratov (baritone).
		First performance in Moscow in 1973 by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Barshai, and Nina Grigorieva (contralto).
		First performance in Moscow in 1976 by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Barshai, the Moscow Boy's Choir (artistic director Boris Tevlin), and Nina Grigorieva (contralto).
	home.wanadoo.nl /ovar/lokshin.htm (1100 words)

	Regis Records - Rudolf Barshai: West German Radio Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.60 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Regis Records - Rudolf Barshai: West German Radio Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.60 "Leningrad"
		Barshai shared the life, really knows the musicas a colleague and friend, he was asked by Shostakovich to premiere the 14th Symphony, and was authorised to transcribe the 4th and 8th String Quartets into the "Chamber Symphonies"
		Regis Records are delighted to offer all stockists the opportunity of putting their information on our website, please contact mark@regisrecords.co.uk for more information.
	www.regisrecords.co.uk /regisrecords/CatNo/RRC1074.html (114 words)

	Discount Rudolf Barshai CDs on FindUsedCDs.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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	Record box
		But it would be nothing more than muzak if the brain behind it was not of a splendid architect deploying the ingredients linked to a preciseness of development and fulfilment.
		This BIS collection gathers the Rudolf Barshai scorings of Quartets 8 and 10, and also places a world première alongside -- the Suite on Finnish Themes from 1939, which is mostly voice and instruments in a folksy jollification [listen -- track 2, 0:00-1:05].
		Suite on Finnish Themes (1939) (world première recording); Symphony for Strings Op 118a (after String Quartet No 10, arranged by Rudolf Barshai); Chamber Symphony (String Quartet No 8 Op 110b, orchestrated by Rudolf Barshai) 'In memory of victims of fascism and war'
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2002/04/master.htm (261 words)

	GoodSoundClub - Romy the Cat's Audio Site - Rudolf Barshai conducts Moscow Chamber Orchestra / Haydn Symphony 45 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I picked this up a few weeks ago and it has become one of those CDs that I keep returning to often.
		There is not so much information available about Rudolf Barshai.
		The recording is on the Russian Melodiya label (SUCD 10-00225), recorded in 1967 and 1976.
	www.goodsoundclub.com /Forums/PrintPost.aspx?PostID=476 (168 words)

	What they say about us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Its conductor, Rudolf Barshai, is a known commodity.
		The outstanding viola player of his generation, Barshai co-founded the Borodin Quartet and later the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, which he conducted in the premiere of Shostakovich's 14th Symphony.
		When Barshai's son played him the Mahler tapes, he was smitten, and for all sorts of reasons.
	www.musicweb-international.com /theysay.htm (4566 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Shostakovich: Symphonies / Barshai, Simoni, Wdr So, Et Al
		And not only that, Rudolf Barshai's WDR Symphony Orchestra cycle (recorded 1994-2000 in Cologne) is one of the best all around sets available, with idiomatic playing that approaches that of great Russian orchestras and masterful conducting by a man who knew and worked closely with the composer.
		8: Profoundly moving, communicating the work's tragic time in history; Barshai draws some particularly hair-raising sounds from the WDR woodwinds.
		The string playing is stunning, while Alla Simoni and Vladimir Vaneev realize the music's bitter irony, grim tragedy, and profound sadness in their passionate, at times neurotic performances.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=53170 (759 words)

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		Ray Tuttle reviews the Brilliant Classics set of the Shostakovich Symphonies (see Special offers and promotions).
		SHOSTAKOVICH The 15 Symphonies (complete) Rudolf Barshai, conductor; WDR Sinfonieorchester; Sergei Aleksashkin, Vladimir Vaneev, bass; Alla Simoni, soprano; Rundfunkchor; The Choral Academy, Moscow Brilliant Classics 6324/6275 [DDD] (11 discs: 75:03, 62:07, 77:27, 71:34, 64:01, 76:15, 60:01, 37:07, 62:47, 45:38, 37:54 - GB pounds 25.99)
		Several conductors - Haitink, Inbal, Rostropovich, and Kondrashin come first to mind - have recorded complete cycles of the Shostakovich symphonies.
	www.brittensmusic.co.uk /reviews2.asp?id=93 (669 words)

	GoodSoundClub - Romy the Cat's Audio Site - Rudolf Barshai conducts Moscow Chamber Orchestra / Haydn Symphony 45 ...
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	Amazon.ca: Music: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Op.123 [Import] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Rudolf Barshai (Conductor), Russian National Orchestra (Orchestra), Helena Barshai (Performer), Alexej Bruni (Performer)
		Performed by Russian National Orchestra with Helena Barshai, Alexej Bruni
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