Rudolf Barshai: The Note - A lifelong quest for one single note (2012)
Rudolf Barshai was one of the Major figures in the 20th century musical world. A personal friend of Shostakovitch, he played with David Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovitch. A funding member of the Moscow Philharmonic Quartet (later known as the Borodin Quartet), he also created the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in the late 1950s. The orchestra took the world by storm...
In 1977, at the peak of his career, Barshai emigrated to the West to perform works banned in the USSR. He led orchestras in Israel, Britain, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Japan. A master of orchestration, whom Shostakovich trusted to arrange his quartets into chamber symphonies. Barshai considered his greatest achievements in life the ending to Bach’s Art of Fugue and a version of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony.
Filmed in his personal house in Switzerland, Rudolf Barshai goes back over his life and work, his friendships and encounters with the greatest musicians of the 20th century. Oleg Dorman sh
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10 years ago 00:08:17 39
Bach Ciaccona (part 1 of 2) Rudolf Barshai, Viola
4 years ago 00:45:39 2
MOSCOW CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - RUDOLF BARSHAI
2 years ago 00:08:35 4
George Antheil „A Jazz Symphony“ (Rudolf Barshai)
10 years ago 00:07:42 13
Bach, Ciaccona (part 2 of 2), Rudolf Barshai, Viola
5 years ago 00:10:22 0
A Tribute To Rudolf Barshai - Tchaikovsky: String Sextet
9 years ago 01:14:06 6
RUDOLF BARSHAI conducts MAHLER - SYMPHONY N. 10
12 years ago 00:31:34 17
Revol Bunin Viola Concerto (full version). Rudolf Barshai, Viola
5 years ago 00:27:21 2
Rudolf Barshai conducts Beethoven. Symphony 8 (1970s, from LP)
11 years ago 00:08:17 13
RUDOLF BARSHAI conducts MAHLER - SYMPHONY N. 5 (4/5)
10 years ago 00:27:51 37
Mahler Symphony No. 5 rehearsal. Rudolf Barshai with Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
2 years ago 00:08:01 1
Cecil Forsyth, Chanson Celtique | Rudolf Barshai & Semyon Stuchevsky
12 years ago 00:21:15 12
Mahler : From the Grave: Finale Symphony 10 version Rudolf Barshai*
8 years ago 00:13:22 0
Prokofiev: Visions Fugutives, Op. 22 - Orchestrated by Rudolf Barshai, 1963
9 years ago 01:11:33 1
RUDOLF BARSHAI conducts SHOSTAKOVICH - SYMPHONY N. 7 OP. 60 “LENINGRAD“
8 years ago 00:16:01 1
Haydn / Timofey Dokschitser, 1969: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat - Rudolf Barshai
4 years ago 00:31:40 4
ID 564. Rostislav Dubinsky Violin Nina Rudolf Barshai Berlinsky. Mozart: Quartet KV 458
3 years ago 01:30:02 1
Rudolf Barshai: The Note - A lifelong quest for one single note (2012)
8 years ago 00:14:42 0
Bach / Vasso Devetsi, 1963: Piano Concerto in A, BWV 1055 - Rudolf Barshai, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
8 years ago 00:12:01 0
Telemann / Rudolf Barshai, 1959: Concerto In B Flat Major For Three Oboes and Basso Continuo