 | from Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 4, 8 & 11 (SIGCD418) 1 Allegretto [3'58] 24 minutes 58 seconds 4 tracks2 Andantino [6'57] 3 Allegretto [4'06] 4 Allegretto [9'57] 'All central to the repertoire irrespective of other associations, these works nevertheless make powerful extramusical statements. The Fourth (1949) embraces Jewish inflections in the face of rising S ... |