9 thoughts on “ I. Largo - Dmitri Shostakovich, Beethoven Quartet - The 15 String Quartets (CD) ”

1. The Borodin Quartet has found its successor. The Quatuor Danel takes up the torch and carries it still further, thanks to the quartet’s sound. This is not just one more excellent complete set; it is, in the true radical and exclusive sense, the benchmark version of the Shostakovich quartets.’Reviews:

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2. Browse: Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. This page lists all recordings of String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. by Dmitri Shostakovich (). Showing 1 - .

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3. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of The 15 String Quartets on Discogs. Label: Doremi (2) - DHR • Series: Legendary Treasures • Format: 5x, CD • Country: Canada • Genre: Classical • Dmitri Shostakovich, Beethoven Quartet ‎– The 15 String Quartets Label: Doremi (2) ‎– DHR 5/5(2).

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4. Shostakovich: The 15 String Quartets Following that was the first of two complete sets by the Borodin String Quartet. I still remember the delight of discovery when a student of mine lent me the first Borodin set (of Qts 1- 13) and I heard the quartets for the first time.5/5(3).

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5. The String Quartet no in E flat minor, opus , is one of the most moving of all Shostakovich's compositions and is arguably the most intimate quartet in the cycle. If there were a season for all things, then Shostakovich's Fifteenth Quartet would dwell in the darkness of mid-winter. The profound melancholy of the music is akin to a requiem.

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6. The Pacifica Quartet has performed and recorded complete traversals of the string quartets of Felix Mendelssohn and Elliott Carter, and this cycle of the 15 string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich proves yet again the group's thoroughness and commitment to a project. Originally released on Çedille between 20as four double-CDs, with additional string quartets by Nikolai Miaskovsky.

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7. Sep 26,  · With Prism 1, it’s the first of Beethoven’s late quartets, op. in E-flat Major, alongside Bach’s fugue in the same key (arranged by Mozart) and Dmitri Shostakovich’s final string.

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8. Shostakovich's 15 Quartet cycle is the greatest from among 20th century chamber music and the Emerson's do it more than full justice. Better recording quality by far than the Borodins and a more emotional, even "romantic" depiction of some of the most harrowing music composed during this /5(52).

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9. Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович (help · info), tr. Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich, pronounced [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ʂəstɐˈkovʲɪtɕ]; (25 September [O.S. 12 September] – 9 August ) was a Russian composer and windfirenilisnilargas.xyzinfo is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century, with a.

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