from Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 10, 12 & 14 (CDA67156) 1 Moderato [7'12] 26 minutes 0 seconds 2 tracks2 Allegretto – Adagio – Allegretto [18'48] ‘Boldly played and recorded … many moments of quiet beauty and acidic intensity’ (Gramophone) ‘The St Petersburg Quartet consistently score in terms of idiomatic colour and gesture’ (International Record Review) ‘One of the finest in a fine series’ (The Inverness Courier) |