from Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 4, 8 & 11 (SIGCD418) 1 Largo [5'01] 21 minutes 31 seconds 5 tracks2 Allegro molto [2'48] 3 Allegretto [4'19] 4 Largo [5'28] 5 Largo [3'55] '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 ... |