from Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 10, 12 & 14 (CDA67156) 1 Allegretto [9'09] 28 minutes 24 seconds 3 tracks2 Adagio [10'01] 3 Allegretto [9'14] ‘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) |