 | from Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 4, 8 & 11 (SIGCD418) 1 Introduction: Andantino [2'10] 16 minutes 9 seconds 7 tracks2 Scherzo: Allegretto [2'49] 3 Recitative: Adagio [1'11] 4 Etude: Allegro [1'19] 5 Humoresque: Adagio [1'06] 6 Elegy: Adagio [4'09] 7 Finale: Moderato [3'25] '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 ... |