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Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets

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CHAN 10917
 
Multiple Set of 6 CDs
Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets
Running Time: 393:51

Release Date: October 2016
Originally recorded in 2016
Venue 2-8 March 2016
Concert Hall, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Producer (Executive)
Ralph Couzens
Producer (with Dave Rowell)
Alexander Van Ingen
Engineer (Balance)
Alexander Van Ingen
Engineer (Technical)
Dave Rowell
Engineer (Assistant)
Chris Kalcov
Mastering engineer
Alexander Van Ingen
Genre:
String Quartet
Chamber

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Complete String Quartets

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Complete String Quartets
COMPACT DISC ONE

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 (1938)

15:08
in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur
1.
I
Moderato - Meno mosso
4:52
2.
II
Moderato
4:43
3.
III
Allegro molto
2:17
4.
IV
Allegro
3:05

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 68 (1944)

35:42
in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur
Dedicated to Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin
5.
I
Overture. Moderato con moto
8:24
6.
II
Recitative and Romance. Adagio - Più mosso - Adagio
10:53
7.
III
Waltz. Allegro
5:32
8.
IV
Theme with Variatons. Adagio - Moderato con moto -
10:41
Total time: 51:05
 
 
 
COMPACT DISC TWO

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73 (1946)

32:35
in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur
Dedicated to the Beethoven String Quartet
1.
I
Allegretto - Poco più mosso
7:19
2.
II
Moderato con moto - Meno mosso - Adagio - Più mosso
5:07
3.
III
Allegro non troppo
4:06
4.
IV
Adagio - Più mosso accelerando - Adagio -
5:56
5.
V
Moderato - Meno mosso - Adagio
9:55

String Quartet No. 4, Op. 83 (1949)

27:05
D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur
6.
I
Allegretto
3:54
7.
II
Andantino
7:32
8.
III
Allegretto -
4:47
9.
IV
Allegretto - Pesante - [Poco meno mosso] - [Pesante]
10:42
Total time: 59:55
 
 
 
COMPACT DISC THREE

String Quartet No. 5, Op. 92 (1952)

:07
in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur
Dedicated to the Beethoven String Quartet
1.
I
Allegro non troppo -
11:28
2.
II
Andante - Andantino - Andante - Andantino - Andante -
10:22
3.
III
Moderato - Allegretto - Meno mosso - Allegretto - Andante
10:16

String Quartet No. 6, Op. 101 (1956)

25:32
in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur
4.
I
Allegretto
7:29
5.
II
Moderato con moto
5:23
6.
III
Lento -
5:06
7.
IV
Lento - Allegretto - Andante - Lento
7:25

String Quartet No. 7, Op. 108 (1960)

14:13
in F sharp minor - in fis-Moll - en fa dièse mineur
In memory of Nina Shostakovich
8.
I
Allegretto -
3:51
9.
II
Lento -
3:54
10.
III
Allegro - Allegretto - [Adagio]
6:27
Total time: 72:23
 
 
 
COMPACT DISC FOUR

String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110 (1960)

24:15
in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur
In memory of the victims of fascism and war
1.
I
Largo -
5:56
2.
II
Allegro molto -
2:56
3.
III
Allegretto -
4:17
4.
IV
Largo -
5:57
5.
V
Largo
5:07

String Quartet No. 9, Op. 117 (1964)

26:17
in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur
To Irina Antonovna Shostakovich
6.
I
Moderato con moto -
4:22
7.
II
Adagio -
4:32
8.
III
Allegretto -
4:14
9.
IV
Adagio -
3:03
10.
V
Allegro
10:03

String Quartet No. 10, Op. 118 (1964)

25:24
in A flat major - in As-Dur - en la bémol majeur
To Moisey [Mieczyslaw] Samuilovich Weinberg
11.
I
Andante
4:25
12.
II
Allegretto furioso
4:04
13.
III
Adagio -
6:41
14.
IV
Allegretto - Andante
10:06
Total time: 76:25
 
 
 
COMPACT DISC FIVE

String Quartet No. 11, Op. 122 (1966)

17:56
in F minor - in f-Moll - en fa mineur
In memory of Vasily Shirinsky
1.
I
Introduction - Andantino -
2:33
2.
II
Scherzo. Allegretto -
2:45
3.
III
Recitative. Adagio -
1:22
4.
IV
Etude. Allegro -
1:19
5.
V
Humoresque. Allegro -
1:06
6.
VI
Elegy. Adagio -
4:54
7.
VIII
Finale. Moderato - Meno mosso - Moderato
3:54

String Quartet No. 12, Op. 133 (1968)

26:17
in D flat major - in Des-Dur - en ré bémol majeur
To Dmitri Tsiganov
8.
I
Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - Allegretto -
6:34
9.
II
Allegretto - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato -
19:41
10.

String Quartet No. 13, Op. 138 (1970)

22:24
in B flat minor - in b-Moll - en si bémol mineur
To Vadim Borisovsky
Adagio - Doppio movimento - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I
Total time: 67:05
 
 
 
COMPACT DISC SIX

String Quartet No. 14, Op. 142 (1973)

28:56
in F sharp major - in Fis-Dur - en fa dièse majeur
To Sergey Shirinsky
1.
I
Allegretto - Meno mosso - Allegretto - Meno mosso -
9:20
2.
II
Adagio -
10:14
3.
III
Allegretto - Poco meno mosso - Adagio
9:17

String Quartet No. 15, Op. 144 (1974)

41:22
in E flat minor - in es-Moll - en mi bémol mineur
4.
I
Elegy. Adagio -
14:04
5.
II
Serenade. Adagio -
6:17
6.
III
Intermezzo. Adagio -
1:54
7.
IV
Nocturne. Adagio -
5:42
8.
V
Funeral March. Adagio molto -
5:36
9.
VI
Epilogue. Adagio - Adagio molto - Adagio -
7:46
Adagio molto - Adagio - Adagio molto - Adagio - Adagio molto
Total time: 70:34
Chamber: Brodsky Quartet
Daniel Rowland violin
Ian Belton violin
Paul Cassidy viola
Jacqueline Thomas cello






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