 | from Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No 2 (CDA67987) 1 Prelude: Lento – Poco più mosso – Lento [4'38] 35 minutes 15 seconds 5 tracks2 Fugue: Adagio [12'08] 3 Scherzo: Allegretto [3'22] 4 Intermezzo: Lento [7'19] 5 Finale: Allegretto [7'48] ‘Throughout [the Takács Quartet] bring great clarity and a subtle range of colour … the balance is unfailingly finely considered, and they’re beautifully recorded’ (Gramophone)  BBC Music Magazine‘The great Soviet composer's chamber music is new to the discography of the Takács, arguably the world's most versatile string quartet. Here they strike up a tingling rapport with one of Hyperion's 'h ... |