Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets

CDS44091/6
(Originally issued on CDA67153/8)

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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6CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 6CDs Deleted

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

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