Shostakovich: String Quartets, Volume 4 (2CD)

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906-1975

String Quartets

Volume 4

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                52’53

String Quartet No.1 in C Op.49

1. I. Moderato 4’38
2. II. Moderato 4’49
3. III. Allegro molto 2’08
4. IV. Allegro 3’07

String Quartet No.13 in B flat minor Op.138

5. Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo 20’55

Two Pieces for String Quartet Op.36a

6. Elegy 4’35
7. Polka 2’32

Two Pieces for String Octet Op.11

8. Preludio: Adagio 5’32
9. Scherzo: Allegro molto 4’29

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                67’12

String Quartet No.14 in F sharp Op.142

1. I. Allegretto 9’28
2. II. Adagio 10’24
3. III. Allegretto 9’46

String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor Op.144

4. I. Elegy 12’52
5. II. Serenade 6’07
6. III. Intermezzo 1’53
7. IV. Nocturne 4’50
8. V. Funeral March 5’07
9. VI. Epilogue 6’40

Quartetto Noûs

Ekaterina Valiulina · Alberto Franchin violins

Sara Dambruoso viola · Riccardo Baldizzi cello

Quartetto di Cremona (CD1 tr.8 & 9)