Shostakovich: String Quartets, volume 3 (2CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                69’41

String Quartet No.2 in A Op.68

1. I. Overture. Moderato con moto 8’36
2. II. Recitative and Romance. Adagio 11’27
3. III. Waltz. Allegro 5‘47
4. IV. Theme with Variations. Adagio – Moderato con moto 11’25

Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57                                

5. I. Prelude. Lento – Poco più mosso – Lento 5’00
6. II. Fugue. Adagio 9’45
7. III. Scherzo. Allegretto 3’19
8. IV. Intermezzo. Lento 6’55
9. V. Finale. Allegretto 7’23

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                48’41

String Quartet No.4 in D Op.83

10. I. Allegretto 3’27
11. II. Andantino 6’20
12. III. Allegretto 4’28
13. IV. Allegretto 9’47

String Quartet No.6 in G Op.101

14. I. Allegretto 6’49
15. II. Moderato con moto 5’20
16. III. Lento 4’59
17. IV. Allegretto 7’25

Quartetto Noûs

Tiziano Baviera · Alberto Franchin violins

Sara Dambruoso viola · Tommaso Tesini cello