Emerson String Quartet Shostakovich: The String Quartets

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Format:  CD  (5 Discs)
item number:  W2QA
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Released: May 16, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Decca

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.1. Moderato
  • 2.2. Moderato
  • 3.3. Allegro molto
  • 4.4. Allegro
  • 5.1. Overture
  • 6.2. Recitative and Romance: Adagio
  • 7.3. Waltz: Allegro
  • 8.4. Theme with Variations: Adagio - Moderato con moto - Allegretto - PiA1 mosso - Allegro non troppo
  • 9.1. Allegretto
  • 10.2. Moderato con moto
  • 11.3. Allegro non troppo
  • 12.4. Adagio - attacca:
  • 13.5. Moderato - Adagio

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.1. Allegretto
  • 2.2. Andantino
  • 3.3. Allegretto - attacca:
  • 4.4. Allegretto
  • 5.1. Allegro non troppo - attacca:
  • 6.2. Andante - Andantino - Andante - Andantino - Andante - attacca:
  • 7.3. Moderato - Allegretto - Andante
  • 8.1. Allegretto
  • 9.2. Moderato con moto
  • 10.3. Lento - attacca:
  • 11.4. Lento - Allegretto - Andante - Lento

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.1. Allegretto - attacca:
  • 2.2. Lento - attacca:
  • 3.3. Allegro - Allegretto - [Adagio]
  • 4.1. Largo - attacca:
  • 5.2. Allegro molto - attacca:
  • 6.3. Allegretto - attacca:
  • 7.4. Largo - attacca:
  • 8.5. Largo
  • 9.1. Moderato con moto - attacca:
  • 10.2. Adagio - attacca:
  • 11.3. Allegretto - attacca:
  • 12.4. Adagio - attacca:
  • 13.5. Allegro
  • 14.1. Andante
  • 15.2. Allegretto furioso
  • 16.3. Adagio - attacca:
  • 17.4. Allegretto - Andante

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Adagio (Elegy), for String Quartet after Katerina's Aria from Scene 3 of the opera "Lardy Macbeth o
  • 2.Allegretto (Polka), for String Quartet after the Polka from the Ballet "The Age of Gold," op. 22
  • 3.1. Introduction: Andantino - attacca:
  • 4.2. Scherzo: Allegretto - attacca:
  • 5.3. Recitative: Adagio - attacca:
  • 6.4. Etude: Allegro - attacca:
  • 7.5. Humoresque: Allegro - attacca:
  • 8.6. Elegy: Adagio - attacca:
  • 9.7. Finale: Moderato - Meno mosso - Moderato
  • 10.1. Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato
  • 11.2. Allegretto - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto

Tracks on Disc 5:

  • 1.1. Allegretto - Meno mosso - Allegretto - Meno mosso - Allegretto
  • 2.2. Adagio - attacca:
  • 3.3. Allegretto - Poco meno mosso - Adagio
  • 4.1. Elegy: Adagio - attacca:
  • 5.2. Serenade: Adagio - attacca:
  • 6.3. Intermezzo: Adagio - attacca:
  • 7.4. Nocturne: Adagio - attacca:
  • 8.5. Funeral March: Adagio molto - attacca:
  • 9.6. Epilogue: Adagio - Adagio molto

Product Description:

While his symphonies were subjected to scrutiny and censure by the suffocating Soviet government, the string quartets were chamber pieces into which he felt free to pour all his sadness, anger and boldest musical ideas. They are some of the most passionate, deeply affecting works in the classical canon, and these Emerson Quartet performances have won universal acclaim for their virtuosity and emotional power. Includes all 15 quartets on 5 CDs.

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  • UPC: 028947574071
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