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Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet Nos. 2,3,7,8 & 12
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Track Listing
Disc 1:
- String Quartet No. 2 in A Major
- String Quartet No. 2 in A Major
- String Quartet No. 2 in A Major
- String Quartet No. 2 in A Major
- String Quartet No. 12 in D flat Major
- String Quartet No. 12 in D flat Major
Disc 2:
- String Quartet No.8 in C Minor
- String Quartet No.8 in C Minor
- String Quartet No.8 in C Minor
- String Quartet No.8 in C Minor
- String Quartet No.8 in C Minor
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp Minor
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp Minor
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp Minor
- String Quartet No. 3 in F Major
- String Quartet No. 3 in F Major
- String Quartet No. 3 in F Major
- String Quartet No. 3 in F Major
- String Quartet No. 3 in F Major
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3212 in Music
- Released on: 2000-02-01
- Number of discs: 2
Customer Reviews
intense, excellent
shostakovitch wrote crazy awesome music, and worked with the borodin string quartet while he was composing quartets; this suggests (to me) that the borodin quartet is the best suited in the world to interpret his works; though the original members who worked with shostakovitch no longer play in the group, the original cellist was still with the group at the time of this recording, and surely, experience, knowledge, and wisdom have been shared with new members as they were introduced to the group.
this is amazing, powerful, often bewildering stuff- i love it.
Buy this cd or live to regret it.
It's stupidly inexpensive, it's TWO discs, it should be badly recorded garbage.
And it's absolutely brilliant.
Amazing music, performed with consummate skill and musicality.
Great Chamber Music Superbly Played
Many think that the Borodins' recorded performances of the Shostakovich quartets, especially those made earlier in their career, are definitive. Some critics have complained that these more recent recordings show that the players had lost their "edge". What is missing is the distortion introduced in earlier recordings by the Russian engineers. These recordings are very good. All five of the Shostakovich quartets on these two CDs are superbly played. The performance of the 8th is stunning. Anyone who enjoys chamber music or Shostakovich should not miss this two CD set.
