Kai Czepiczka, writes:
>A few weeks ago my wife went to a concert where Shostakovich's "Chamber
>Symphony" op. 110a was performed. Unfortunately I had not the opportunity
>to go there myself, but she told me that she recognized some tunes from the
>"Piano Trio No. 2" op. 67 (the beginning of the Allegretto). So I wonder
>if op. 110 a is based on op. 67, anyone who knows this?
There are similarities, but No its not, I belive its a question of DDS
techniques, he used frequent selfquotes and reused his own ideas several
times ofte with a spinn.
>When I looked for op. 110a in a book about Shostakovich I couldn't find
>it listed, but I noticed that op. 110 is his "String Quartet No. 8".
That is fact. (Which book if I may inquire?)
>Is there any connection between op. 110 and 110a
Well the notes are positioned on exactly the same places in both, 110a
being an arrangment of 110, I know of atleast 3 diffrent arrangments, but
the most common is the one approved by the composer, written by conductor
et al. Rudolf Barshai - once founder of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.
>(I'm not familiar with the String Quartets)?
Then I suggest that You aquaint Yourself they contain a welth of music,
The Borodin qt. on Melodiya or the Shostakovich qt. on Olympia get my
wotes for complete sets, while the Borodin on Virgin (SQ's 3, 7, 8), is
a fine way to begin looking.
>BTW, yesterday I bought Shostakovich's "The Gadfly" on Naxos, really a
>nice piece!
So it is, If You roam through the Naxos shelf soon again I recomend that
You look for the new issue with op. 110a played by the Dalgat string
ensemble under Roland Melia (copl. w. Myaskovskys sinfonietta in A minor
op 68:2 - Naxos 8.550953), its well worth the expence.
peter lundin, gothenburg.se
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