Hyperion Records | Shostakovich: The complete String Quartets

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CDS44091/6
(Originally issued on CDA67153/8)
6CDs Boxed set (at a special price)

Recording details: Various dates
St Petersburg Recording Studio, Russia
Produced by Alexander Gerutsky
Engineered by Gerhard Tses
Release date: January 2006
Total duration: 434 minutes 54 seconds

'the St Petersburg musicians play with tremendous control of technique and expression; the effect is one of huge emotional strength' (Birmingham Post)

'These players approach Shostakovich's mighty cycle with a natural authority that's unanswerable, along with tireless precision and virtuosity, plus a wonderful command of the music's way of switching between sunlight and shadow when you least expect it' (Classic FM Magazine)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

The complete String Quartets

St Petersburg Quartet

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		String Quartet No 2 in A major, Op 68
CD1	1	Movement 1: Overture [8'44]
	2	Movement 2: Recitative and Romance [8'55]
	3	Movement 3: Waltz [6'10]
	4	Movement 4: Theme and Variations [10'59]
		String Quartet No 3 in F major, Op 73
	5	Movement 1: Allegretto [6'58]
	6	Movement 2: Moderato con moto [4'52]
	7	Movement 3: Allegro non troppo [3'52]
	8	Movement 4: Adagio [5'25]
	9	Movement 5: Moderato [10'38]
		String Quartet No 4 in D major, Op 83
CD2	1	Movement 1: Allegretto [3'47]
	2	Movement 2: Andantino [6'16]
	3	Movement 3: Allegretto [4'02]
	4	Movement 4: Allegretto [10'22]
		String Quartet No 6 in G major, Op 101
	5	Movement 1: Allegretto [6'43]
	6	Movement 2: Moderato con moto [5'28]
	7	Movement 3: Lento [4'55]
	8	Movement 4: Lento – Allegretto [7'50]
		String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110
	9	Movement 1: Largo [4'38]
	10	Movement 2: Allegro molto [2'36]
	11	Movement 3: Allegretto [4'37]
	12	Movement 4: Largo [4'46]
	13	Movement 5: Largo [3'38]
		String Quartet No 5 in B flat major, Op 92
CD3	1	Movement 1: Allegro non troppo [11'55]
	2	Movement 2: Andante [9'12]
	3	Movement 3: Moderato – Allegretto [11'08]
		String Quartet No 7 in F sharp minor, Op 108
	4	Movement 1: Allegretto [3'18]
	5	Movement 2: Lento [4'05]
	6	Movement 3: Allegro [5'56]
		String Quartet No 9 in E flat major, Op 117
	7	Movement 1: Moderato con moto [4'27]
	8	Movement 2: Adagio [4'22]
	9	Movement 3: Allegretto [4'05]
	10	Movement 4: Adagio [4'01]
	11	Movement 5: Allegro [10'06]
		String Quartet No 12 in D flat major, Op 133
CD4	1	Movement 1: Moderato [7'12]
	2	Movement 2: Allegretto – Adagio – Allegretto [18'48]
		String Quartet No 14 in F sharp major, Op 142
	3	Movement 1: Allegretto [9'09]
	4	Movement 2: Adagio [10'01]
	5	Movement 3: Allegretto [9'14]
		String Quartet No 10 in A flat major, Op 118
	6	Movement 1: Andante [4'19]
	7	Movement 2: Allegretto furioso [4'22]
	8	Movement 3: Adagio. Passacaglia [6'19]
	9	Movement 4: Allegretto – Andante [9'53]
		String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 122
CD5	1	Movement 1: Introduction. Andantino [2'13]
	2	Movement 2: Scherzo. Allegretto [2'55]
	3	Movement 3: Recitative. Adagio [1'05]
	4	Movement 4: Etude. Allegro [1'19]
	5	Movement 5: Humoresque. Adagio [1'10]
	6	Movement 6: Elegy. Adagio [4'27]
	7	Movement 7: Finale. Moderato [3'56]
	8	String Quartet No 13 in B flat minor, Op 138 [18'47]
		String Quartet No 15 in E flat minor, Op 144
	9	Movement 1: Elegy. Adagio [10'54]
	10	Movement 2: Serenade. Adagio [5'38]
	11	Movement 3: Intermezzo. Adagio [2'02]
	12	Movement 4: Nocturne. Adagio [4'39]
	13	Movement 5: Funeral March. Molto adagio [4'56]
	14	Movement 6: Epilogue. Adagio [6'51]
		Piano Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 67
CD6	1	Movement 1: Andante [7'46] Igor Uryash (piano)
	2	Movement 2: Allegro non troppo [3'07] Igor Uryash (piano)
	3	Movement 3: Largo [4'59] Igor Uryash (piano)
	4	Movement 4: Allegretto [11'28] Igor Uryash (piano)
		String Quartet No 1 in C major, Op 49
	5	Movement 1: Moderato [4'01]
	6	Movement 2: Moderato [4'32]
	7	Movement 3: Allegro molto [2'01]
	8	Movement 4: Allegro [3'10]
		Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57
	9	Movement 1: Prelude [5'10] Igor Uryash (piano)
	10	Movement 2: Fugue [11'47] Igor Uryash (piano)
	11	Movement 3: Scherzo [3'29] Igor Uryash (piano)
	12	Movement 4: Intermezzo [7'31] Igor Uryash (piano)
	13	Movement 5: Finale [6'58] Igor Uryash (piano)

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