Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 & String Quartet No. 8 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani) Estonian Festival Orchestra & Paavo Järvi

• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54:
• 1Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54: I. Largo18:23
• 2Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54: II. Allegro06:11
• 3Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54: III. Presto06:37
• String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani):
• 4String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani): I. Largo06:05
• 5String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani): II. Allegro molto02:57
• 6String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani): III. Allegro04:49
• 7String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani): IV. Largo06:05
• 8String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani): V. Largo05:04
• Total Runtime56:11

Info for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 & String Quartet No. 8 (Arr. A. Stasevich for String Orchestra & Timpani)

The Järvi family is a pillar of Estonian musical life. Paavo is now director of the Pärnu Festival, held in August each year, which brings together the finest Estonian musicians, joined by the cream of European orchestras: members of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Orchestre de Paris etc. Paavo Järvi (recently appointed music director of one of the world’s leading formations, the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich) frequents all these instrumentalists regularly, and now works alongside them, ‘unpretentiously, in a warm, collegial manner’ for a series of highly convivial concerts on the shores of the Baltic: ‘magical and incredibly appealing’, says Die Welt. Paavo Järvi has now decided to record with this outstanding orchestra. For this first release, he has chosen Shostakovich, a key figure of the twentieth century, for both the region and the Järvi family: Paavo used to meet him as a child when the composer came to visit his father Neeme! The programme consists of Symphony no.6 and the Sinfonietta op.110b, a rare arrangement of the String Quartet no.8 by Abram Stasevich for string orchestra and timpani. This first release in 2018 will also coincide with the centenary of the independence of the Estonian Republic and a tour that will take the orchestra to several major European cities.

Estonian Festival Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor

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