SHOSTAKOVITCH: String Quartets 1-5, 7, Op. 36

Catalog Number: RRC2028
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD

Available: 3
Price: $13.99

Categories: Chamber Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century

Composers: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performers: Shostakovitch Quartet

Dmitri Shotakovitch (1906-1975)

The String Quartets (Volume one/CD's 1& 2 of 5)

Two Pieces, Op. 36
String Quartets Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,7

The Shostakovitch Quartet

Andre Shishlov, violin
Sergei Pishchugin, violin
Alexander Galkovsky, viola
Alexander Korchagin, cello

	Track Listing	Time
	CD One
	Two Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 36 (1931)
1	Elegy (Adagio)	4:11
2	Polka (Allegretto)	2:18
	String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49 (1938)
3	Moderato	4:16
4	Moderato	4:42
5	Allegro molto	1:51
6	Allegro	2:51
	String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (1946)
7	Allegretto	6:33
8	Moderato con moto	4:52
9	Allegro non troppo	3:53
10	Adagio, Moderato-Adagio	15:55
	String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83 (1949)
11	Allegretto	3:48
12	Andantino	7:16
13	Allegretto, Allegretto	13:22
	CD Two
	String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 (1944)
1	Overture: Moderato con moto	8:10
2	Recitative and Romance: Adagio	11:05
3	Valse: Allegro	5:33
4	Theme with variations: Adagio-moderato con moto-Allegretto-Allegro non troppo-Allegro-Adagio	10:41
	String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92 (1952)
5	Allegro non troppo	11:00
6	Andante-Andantino	8:40
7	Moderato-Allegretto-Andante	10:40
	String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 (1960)
8	Allegretto	3:17
9	Lento	3:18
10	Allegro-Allegretto	5:30

"(This Quartet)...bring a special intensity to this repertoire as well as effortless technical address, and a tonal blend which which gives their readings a strong claim on the collectotor's allegiance."
Penguin Guide 3 stars 1999