Shostakovich never wrote an original composition entitled "Chamber Symphony". Works known under this title are arrangements of the composer's string quartets by the conductor Rudolf Barshai and authorized by the composer. The String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 was written in 1938, after the Great Terror from 1937 and can be considered as an act of inner emigration. The String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 was written 22 years later, within three days, from 12 to 14 July 1960, in the Saxon health resort of Gohrisch. The Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35, written in 1933, is one of the last works written in Shostakovich's first creative period which was not yet overshadowed by Stalinist repressions and is peppered with a great deal of parodistic allusions. With the present recordings the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under it's young, energetic chief conductor Pietari Inkinen draws a dramaturgically convincing bow across Shostakovich's work.

Tracklist:

Kammersinfonie Op. 110a nach Streichquartett Nr. 8 c-Moll, Op. 110~Largo
Kammersinfonie Op. 110a nach Streichquartett Nr. 8 c-Moll, Op. 110~Allegro molto
Kammersinfonie Op. 110a nach Streichquartett Nr. 8 c-Moll, Op. 110~Allegretto
Kammersinfonie Op. 110a nach Streichquartett Nr. 8 c-Moll, Op. 110~Largo
Kammersinfonie Op. 110a nach Streichquartett Nr. 8 c-Moll, Op. 110~Largo
Konzert fÃ¼r Klavier, Streichorchester und Trompete Nr. 1, Op. 35~Allegretto
Konzert fÃ¼r Klavier, Streichorchester und Trompete Nr. 1, Op. 35~Lento
Konzert fÃ¼r Klavier, Streichorchester und Trompete Nr. 1, Op. 35~Moderato
Konzert fÃ¼r Klavier, Streichorchester und Trompete Nr. 1, Op. 35~Moderato
Kammersinfonie fÃ¼r Streicher und Celesta Op. 49a nach Streichquartett Nr. 1 C-Dur, Op. 49~Moderato
Kammersinfonie fÃ¼r Streicher und Celesta Op. 49a nach Streichquartett Nr. 1 C-Dur, Op. 49~Moderato
Kammersinfonie fÃ¼r Streicher und Celesta Op. 49a nach Streichquartett Nr. 1 C-Dur, Op. 49~Allegro molto
Kammersinfonie fÃ¼r Streicher und Celesta Op. 49a nach Streichquartett Nr. 1 C-Dur, Op. 49~Allegro

UPC: 747313912483
Label: Swrmusic
Release Date: 1.13.23
Format: CD

Shostakovich / Meerovitch / Nakariakov - Chamber Symphonies (CD)