Shostakovich String Quartets Nos.1, 8 & 14

Borodin Quartet - Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14 (2015) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 23, 2021

Borodin Quartet - Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14 (2015)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:15:53 | 290 / 172 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Decca Music

The original Borodin Quartet was founded in 1945 in the Soviet Union and this release marks the Quartet’s 70th anniversary. They enjoyed a close relationship with Shostakovich, and often worked with him as a new quartet was written (and they also recorded the cycle).Now, a new line-up, though still one that bears the characteristic Borodin sound (large, almost symphonic in scope and with a very distinctive way of phrasing), starts a new cycle with works from very different periods in Shostakovich’s music life [No. 1 from 1938, the ever-popular No. 8 from 1960 and No. 14 from 1972 (begun in Aldeburgh when the composer was staying there with Benjamin Britten)]. This album features the three key quartets, including the most popular (No. 8).

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Hagen Quartett - Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos.4, 11 & 14 (1999) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Jan. 16, 2024

Having had the privilege of seeing the Hagen's perform Shostakovich's 3 rd Qrt back in the 1999 ( i think it was) at the Wigmore hall - the Hagen's have been one of the younger generation of Quartets that ranked amnong the finest exponents of DSCH's complex , searing music.

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Mandelring Quartett - String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (2006) {Hybrid-SACD // ISO & HiRes FLAC} Vinyl & HR

Posted by luckburz at Jan. 2, 2016

Dmitri Shostakovich - Mandelring Quartett - String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,30 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,12 GB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: Audite # 92.526 | Country/Year: Germany 2006 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Contemporary

"A triumphant start to what heralds to be one of the best Shostakovich quartet cycles imaginable. (…) Highly recommended." 5/5 ~sa-cd.net

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Mandelring Quartett - String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (2006) {Hybrid-SACD // EAC Rip} Music

Posted by luckburz at Jan. 2, 2016

"A triumphant start to what heralds to be one of the best Shostakovich quartet cycles imaginable. (…) Highly recommended." 5/5 ~sa-cd.net

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Taneyev String Quartet - Myaskovsky: Complete String Quartets Nos. 1-13 (2019) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Aug. 4, 2019

What was it about ‘waiting’ and ‘buses’? No sooner has the Borodin Quartet unveiled its recording of Miaskovsky’s Quartet No.13 [Onyx 4051] than the young French Renoir Quartet appears to trump them by adding the First as well. This bookending device ensures that the disc bears a ‘first and last thoughts’ patina. Miaskovsky delayed writing - or to put it more accurately, releasing for public consumption - a String Quartet until he was nearly fifty. His final work in the form was completed the year before his death.

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Arcadia Quartet - Weinberg: String Quartets Nos. 1, 7 & 11 (Vol. 2) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at May 11, 2022

Arcadia Quartet - Weinberg: String Quartets Nos. 1, 7 & 11 (Vol. 2) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 69:43 minutes | 1,14 GB
Classical | Label: Chandos Records, Official Digital Download

For this the second volume in their series of Weinberg’s string quartets, the Arcadia Quartet again presents three quartets from contrasting periods in the stylistic development of the composer. The first quartet of the self-taught teenager, written in 1937, in what Weinberg later described as his ‘neo-impressionist’ style, was heavily revised later in his life, and eventually republished as Op. 141, in 1985.

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Hagen Quartett - Sting Quartets Nos. 4; 11; 14 [Deutsche Grammophon 445 564-2 GH] {Germany 1995} Music

Posted by luckburz at Aug. 9, 2014

Dmitri Shostakovich - Hagen Quartett - Sting Quartets Nos. 4; 11; 14
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 287 MB | Full Artwork: 75 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 445 564-2 GH | Country/Year: Germany 1995
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary

The Hagen String Quartet is one of the leading string quartets of its native Austria, known for its wide-ranging repertoire and its long association with Gidon Kremer and the Lockenhaus Festival. (…) The Hagen String Quartet became an exclusive act with Deutsche Grammophon, which has issued a series of recordings of their performances at Lockenhaus as well as a many others…

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Cuarteto Casals - Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-5 (2024) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 31, 2024

Cuarteto Casals - Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-5 (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:19:36 | 629 Mb
Genre: Classical l

After being subjected to public attacks by theSoviet regime in the mid-1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession.To launch their complete Shostakovich cycle, members of the Cuarteto Casals offer deeply insightful readings of the first five quartets - works that are pivotal in the composer’s oeuvre.

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Asasello-Quartett - Shostakovich: String Quartets 7–13 (2023) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 31, 2023

Asasello-Quartett - Shostakovich: String Quartets 7–13 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 147:24 minutes | 1,32 GB
Classical | Label: Genuin, Official Digital Download

Finally, a Shostakovich CD by the Asasello-Quartett! The internationally successful and award-winning ensemble has long been intensively engaged with the 15 works of the great Russian composer and is now embarking on a complete recording. The new GENUIN release of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartets Nos. 7 - 13 now kicks off the series. According to the booklet for the production, “Love, death and dearest people – these are the themes of the works heard on this double CD.” And the Asasello-Quartett spans the breadth of interpretation just as broadly as the variety of themes outlined here: with poignancy, elegance, and virtuosity – a whole world of its own!

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Wirén Quartet - Wirén: String Quartets Nos. 2-5 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Nov. 13, 2018

Wirén Quartet - Wirén: String Quartets Nos. 2-5 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 70:29 minutes | 1.24 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

The tapestry of drama, refinement and expressive lyricism in Dag Wirén’s four string quartets (the First Quartet was withdrawn) provides a substantial overview of his musical evolution over 35 years. His earlier works are more accessible than challenging, as demonstrated by the relaxed and affirmative Second and Third Quartets. The Fourth Quartet is more sombre, with nods towards Sibelius and Shostakovich, and in the Fifth, completed not long before Wirén’s retirement as a composer, the easy confidence of the earlier quartets has been replaced by a mood of pessimism and uncertainty.

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