String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8 & 12

by Borodin String Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8 & 12 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Russia
  • Length: 2:10:14
  • Community rating: 4.26/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Borodin String Quartet performs five of Shostakovich's string quartets, works the ensemble premiered and championed in close association with the composer. Their readings remain a reference for the cycle's blend of private confession and public rhetoric.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, piano, virtuosic, complex, long-form, modern

Tracklist

  1. Overture: Moderato Con Moto (8:00)
  2. Recitative And Romance: Adagio (11:48)
  3. Waltz: Allegro (5:31)
  4. Theme And Variations: Adagio - Moderato Con Moto (10:45)
  5. Moderato (6:50)
  6. Allegretto (20:10)
  7. Largo (4:59)
  8. Allegro Molto (2:51)
  9. Allegretto (4:12)
  10. Largo (5:45)
  11. Largo (3:56)
  12. Allegretto (3:19)
  13. Lento (3:30)
  14. Allegro (6:03)
  15. Allegretto (6:37)
  16. Moderato Con Moto (5:22)
  17. Allegro Non Troppo (4:17)
  18. Adagio (5:49)
  19. Moderato (10:30)

Credits

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - primary artist, composed by
  • Borodin String Quartet - primary artist, ensemble
  • Pavel Filonov - cover [painting]
  • Marian Freeman - edited by, producer [post]
  • Tryggvi Tryggvason - producer, engineer [balance]
  • Andrew Hallifax - engineer [assistant]
  • Ad茅la茂de de Place - liner notes
  • Hugh Graham - liner notes [english translation]
  • Gudrun Meier - liner notes [german translation]

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