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Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1-15

Mandelring Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1-15
These are wonderful performances. The Mandelring Quartet don’t overplay the savagery and shocks - their approach is lyrical, sane and effortlessly musical. They can deploy the big guns when...

The Arts Desk, 30th April 2011

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Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1-15

Mandelring Quartet

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These are wonderful performances. The Mandelring Quartet don’t overplay the savagery and shocks - their approach is lyrical, sane and effortlessly musical. They can deploy the big guns when...

The Arts Desk, 30th April 2011

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Audite are delighted to present the complete recordings of the Shostakovich String Quartets as a five-CD boxed set, making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in the customary high quality. All recordings also remain available as single discs in SACD.

Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49
Work length14:41
I. Moderato
Track length4:39
II. Moderato
Track length4:37
III. Allegro Molto
Track length2:23
IV. Allegro
Track length3:02
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68
Work length33:43
I. Ouverture: Moderato con Moto
Track length7:55
II. Recitative and Romance: Adagio
Track length10:52
III. Valse. Allegro
Track length4:49
IV. Theme with Variations. Adagio - Moderato con moto - Allegretto - Allegro non troppo - Allegro - Adagio
Track length10:07
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Work length24:22
I. Allegretto
Track length3:35
II. Andantino
Track length5:32
III. Allegretto
Track length5:00
IV. Allegretto
Track length10:15
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Work length29:26
I. Allegretto
Track length7:03
II. Moderato con Moto
Track length4:40
III. Allegro non Troppo
Track length4:02
IV. Adagio
Track length4:27
V. Moderato
Track length9:14
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101
Work length21:39
I. Allegretto
Track length6:41
II. Moderato con Moto
Track length4:22
III. Lento
Track length3:52
IV. Allegretto
Track length6:44
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Work length18:56
I. Largo
Track length4:30
II. Allegro Molto
Track length2:41
III. Allegretto
Track length3:59
IV. Largo
Track length4:17
V. Largo
Track length3:29
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92
Work length30:43
I. Allegro non Troppo
Track length11:26
II. Andante
Track length8:54
III. Moderato
Track length10:23
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108
Work length11:56
I. Allegretto
Track length3:37
II. Lento
Track length2:55
III. Allegro
Track length5:24
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
Work length25:09
I. Moderato con Moto
Track length4:29
II. Adagio
Track length4:35
III. Allegretto
Track length4:14
IV. Adagio
Track length3:03
V. Allegro
Track length8:48
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118
Work length23:47
I. Andante
Track length4:10
II. Allegretto Furioso
Track length3:54
III. Adagio
Track length6:24
IV. Allegretto
Track length9:19
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133
Work length25:45
I. Moderato
Track length6:22
II. Allegretto
Track length19:23
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142
Work length26:01
I. Allegretto
Track length8:38
II. Adagio
Track length9:32
III. Allegretto
Track length7:51
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
Work length16:16
I. Introduktion. Andantino -
Track length2:24
II. Scherzo. Allegretto -
Track length2:49
III. Rezitativ. Adagio -
Track length1:09
IV. Etüde. Allegro -
Track length1:20
V. Humoreske. Allegro -
Track length1:06
VI. Elegie. Adagio -
Track length3:45
VII. Finale. Moderato
Track length3:43
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 138: Adagio - Doppio movimento - Tempo Primo
Work length18:49
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 In E Flat Minor, Op. 144
Work length32:36
I. Elegie. Adagio -
Track length10:51
II. Serenade. Adagio -
Track length5:39
III. Intermezzo. Adagio -
Track length1:26
IV. Nocturne. Adagio -
Track length4:20
V. Trauermarsch. Adagio molto -
Track length4:18
VI. Epilog. Adagio
Track length6:02

Awards and reviews

30th April 2011

These are wonderful performances. The Mandelring Quartet don’t overplay the savagery and shocks - their approach is lyrical, sane and effortlessly musical. They can deploy the big guns when necessary...but they always care about the line, the musical argument...There’s no self-pity, no indulgence. Recorded between 2005 and 2009 and now reissued in a bargain box, these are near-definitive readings of intense, beautifully crafted works.

london24.com 17th June 2011

Over the years, many recordings have done considerable justice to these most dynamic masterworks of the modern chamber repertoire, but for some time, the readings by the Mandelring quartet have come to be regarded as definitive...If you’re a CD collector rather than a surround sound aficionado, there need be no hesitation -- this is probably the finest complete set of the Shostakovich quartets now on the market.
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