Leducq-Barôme conducts Shostakovich & Strauss

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Played here with sensitivity and intent, these elegiac works have a haunting quality. The recorded sound is slightly foggy — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st Jul 2017
Catalogue No: RCD1009
Label: Rubicon
Length: 52 minutes

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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a

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Baltic Chamber Orchestra
Emmanuel Leducq-Barome

I. Largo

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II. Allegro molto

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III. Allegretto

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IV. Largo

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V. Largo

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Strauss, R: Metamorphosen

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Both the works on this album came about as a reaction to the horrors of war. Shostakovich visited Dresden in 1960 and much of the city still lay in ruins. His 8th String Quartet dedicated to the victims of fascism, is one of his most powerful and deeply personal works, quoting from earlier compositions, and using the composer’s musical motto D Es C H. The composer wept after the first private performance: his son later suggested that the work was actually meant to be dedicated to the victims of totalitarianism. It was later arranged for string orchestra, with the approval of the composer, by Rudolf Barshai and it is this version, known as the Chamber Symphony, that appears here. Richard Strauss, well into his 80s when the war ended, was crushed by the destruction of the great opera houses and places of learning in Germany, as the Allies defeated the Nazis. 'Metamorphosen' for 23 solo strings is a profound and heartfelt lament for the loss of the Germany he knew as a young man; and the news that the Goethehaus in Dresden had been obliterated was the impetus for this late masterwork. The Baltic Chamber Orchestra is comprised of the principal string players of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Under their French music director Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme they are one of the finest chamber ensembles in Russia and together they have made several recordings, most recently for Aparté, and concert tours in Europe. Leducq-Barome studied with conductor Mariss Jansons at the Saint-Petersburg Conservatory. In 1997 he concluded his studies there under the legendary pedagogue Ilya Musin, the mentor of several generations of conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Semyon Bychkov and Yuri Temirkanov. Since then he has held the post of principal conductor at the philharmonic orchestras of Kaliningrad and Irkutsk, in Russia.

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January 2018

Played here with sensitivity and intent, these elegiac works have a haunting quality. The recorded sound is slightly foggy

Awards Issue 2017

Rarely have I been as moved by Strauss's 'Study for 23 solo strings'...as I was when listening to this richly-textured recording by the Baltic Chamber Orchestra. Although the chosen tempos are comparatively broad, Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme keeps you on edge of your seat, principally by achieving maxium tension at the crest of each phrase...Again the playing suggests maximum commitment.

24th August 2017

The orchestra, made up of front-rank players from the St Petersburg Philharmonic, is immediately convincing in the Shostakovich...The players sound a notch less securely blended in [the Strauss] but the performance glows once it gets going and ultimately achieves a compelling intensity, especially when its theme piles up upon itself towards the end.

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