Album · 2000
String Quartets
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 1. Moderato
String Quartets
3:56
2
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 2. Moderato
String Quartets
3:59
3
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 3. Allegro molto
String Quartets
2:23
4
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 4. Allegro
String Quartets
3:44
5
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 1. Overture: Moderato con moto
String Quartets
7:58
6
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 2. Recitative and Romance: Adagio
String Quartets
9:05
7
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 3. Waltz: Allegro
String Quartets
5:29
8
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 4. Theme with Variations: Adagio – Moderato con moto – Allegretto – Piu mosso – Allegro non troppo – Allegro – Adagio
String Quartets
10:44
9
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 1. Allegretto
String Quartets
6:52
10
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 2. Moderato con moto
String Quartets
4:22
11
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 3. Allegro non troppo
String Quartets
3:50
12
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 4. Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
4:44
13
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 5. Moderato – Adagio
String Quartets
8:19
Disc 2
1
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 1. Allegretto
String Quartets
3:51
2
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 2. Andantino
String Quartets
6:23
3
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 3. Allegretto – attacca:
String Quartets
4:35
4
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 4. Allegretto
String Quartets
9:37
5
String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: 1. Allegro non troppo – attacca:
String Quartets
11:19
6
String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: 2. Andante – Andantino – Andante – attacca:
String Quartets
8:29
7
String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: 3. Moderato – Allegretto – Andante
String Quartets
10:29
8
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 1. Allegretto
String Quartets
6:44
9
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 2. Moderato con Moto
String Quartets
4:59
10
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 3. Lento – attacca:
String Quartets
3:58
11
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 4. Lento – Allegretto – Andante – Lento
String Quartets
6:33
Disc 3
1
String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: 1. Allegretto
String Quartets
3:42
2
String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: 2. Lento – attacca:
String Quartets
2:49
3
String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: 3. Allegro – Allegretto – Adagio
String Quartets
5:12
4
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 1. Largo – attacca:
String Quartets
4:34
5
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 2. Allegro molto – attacca:
String Quartets
2:38
6
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 3. Allegretto – attacca:
String Quartets
4:06
7
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 4. Largo – attacca:
String Quartets
4:46
8
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 5. Largo
String Quartets
3:41
9
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 1. Moderato
String Quartets
4:24
10
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 2. Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
3:47
11
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 3. Allegretto – attacca:
String Quartets
4:02
12
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 4. Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
3:00
13
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 5. Allegro
String Quartets
9:36
14
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 1. Andante
String Quartets
4:13
15
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 2. Allegretto furioso
String Quartets
3:58
16
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 3. Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
4:49
17
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 4. Allegretto – Andante
String Quartets
8:41
Disc 4
1
Adagio (Elegy) for String Quartet After “Katerina’s Aria” From Scene 3 of the Opera “Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District”, op. 29
String Quartets
4:35
2
Allegretto (Polka) for String Quartet After the Polka From “The Age of Gold”, op. 22
String Quartets
2:47
3
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 1. Introduction: Andantino – attacca:
String Quartets
2:12
4
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 2. Scherzo: Allegretto – attacca:
String Quartets
2:42
5
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 3. Recitative: Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
1:08
6
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 4. Etude: Allegro – attacca:
String Quartets
1:15
7
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 5. Humoresque: Allegro – attacca:
String Quartets
1:03
8
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 6. Elegy: Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
4:10
9
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 7. Finale: Moderato – Meno mosso – Moderato
String Quartets
3:39
10
String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: 1. Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato
String Quartets
6:29
11
String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: 2. Allegretto – Adagio – Moderato – Adagio – Moderato – Allegretto
String Quartets
19:24
12
String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138: Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo
String Quartets
19:09
Disc 5
1
String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: 1. Allegretto
String Quartets
8:14
2
String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: 2. Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
8:52
3
String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: 3. Allegretto – Poco meno mosso – Adagio
String Quartets
8:06
4
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 1. Elegy
String Quartets
12:37
5
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 2. Serenade: Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
5:47
6
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 3. Intermezzo: Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
1:38
7
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 4. Nocturne: Adagio – attacca:
String Quartets
4:30
8
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 5. Funeral March: Adagio molto – attacca:
String Quartets
4:36
9
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 6. Epilogue: Adagio – Adagio molto
String Quartets
6:18
In print
First pressed 2000, still pressed 2023 — 4 pressings across 2 countries.
Credits
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
Composer
Nelson Wong
Engineer
David Finckel
Instrument · cello
Eugene Drucker
Instrument · violin [first]
Lawrence Dutton
Instrument · viola
Philip Setzer
Instrument · violin [first]
Alan George
Liner Notes
Paul Epstein
Liner Notes
Alison Ames
Producer · executive-producer
Christopher Alder
Producer · executive-producer
Da-Hong Seetoo
Producer
Max Wilcox
Producer
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