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Article: Brahms: Quintet in B Minor for Viola & Strings, Op. 115; Shostakovich: Sinfonia for Viola & Strings. Yuri Bashmet, viola; Moscow Soloists. Sony SK 60550.(Review)
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Brahms: Quintet in B Minor for Viola & Strings, Op. 115; Shostakovich: Sinfonia for Viola & Strings. Yuri Bashmet, viola; Moscow Soloists. Sony SK 60550.
Played at a reasonable level this disc sounds most lifelike. Played too loud, it becomes larger than life. Some recordings are like that. The Brahms Quintet was originally written for clarinet and is here transcribed for viola by Russian viola player Yuri Bashmet. His players are the Moscow Soloists, a small, string chamber ensemble Bashmet formed in 1992. The combination of Bashmet's ...
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