Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Chamber Symphonies
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917213027
- Catalog number CC 72130
- Release date 01 January 2004
About the album
Amsterdam Sinfonietta (formerly called Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam) concentrates on what has always been one of its strong points: the scintillating presentation of sensitively chosen programs, based on the emotional power of the stringed instruments. Shostakovich is unquestionable a powerful composer. His String Quartet No.8, intensely poignant and personal in the slow movements, bitter and driven in the faster sections, may be interpreted as an outcry against war, like Shostakovich's War Symphony No. 8 from 1943.This symphony shows musical relationships with the String Quartet No. 8. Together with String Quartet No. 10 a breathtaking album.
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11Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a I. Largo
05:41 -
12Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a II. Allegro Molto
02:59 -
13Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a III. Allegretto
04:54 -
14Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a IV. Largo
05:54 -
15Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a V. Largo
04:41 -
16Chamber Symphony, Op. 118a I. Andante
04:28 -
17Chamber Symphony, Op. 118a II. Allegretto Furioso
04:18 -
18Chamber Symphony, Op. 118a III. Adagio
07:28 -
19Chamber Symphony, Op. 118a IV. Allegretto
08:47