Shostakovich: String Quartets No. 1, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 11
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets No. 1, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 11
Jerusalem Quartet
[ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 February 2013
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Shostakovich had just finished his Seventh Quartet when the leader of the Beethoven Quartet told him that Melodiya had asked them to record his 'last quartet': "Last quartet?" exclaimed the composer. "When I've written all my quartets, then we'll talk about my last quartet!" "And how many do you intend to write?" "Twenty-four", replied Shostakovich. "Haven't you noticed that I never repeat a key? I'll write twenty-four quartets, so as to have a complete cycle." Shostakovich only managed to finish fifteen quartets , but it is necessary to bear this large-scale project in mind in order to place these quartets in their rightful context
BBC AWARD WINNER 2008 - Best Chamber recording
'This is challenging, unpredictable Shostakovich which always convinces even when the approach is new - as in the headlong, passionate sweep through the quotations from the Second Piano Trio in the Eighth Quartet. The Jerusalems' tonal range is daunting, too.' (BBC Music)
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"Vivid, profoundly intelligent accounts of six of Shostakovich's Quartets. The Jerusalems prove eloquent exponents of these works' tragic intensity and bittersweet lyricism." (BBC MUsic)
Tracks:
String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49
String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
