Vivid, profoundly intelligent accounts of six of Shostakovich's Quartets. The Jerusalems prove eloquent exponents of these works' tragic intensity and bittersweet lyricism.

BBC Music Magazine, February 20134 out of 5 stars

Shostakovich: String Quartets

Jerusalem Quartet

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Vivid, profoundly intelligent accounts of six of Shostakovich's Quartets. The Jerusalems prove eloquent exponents of these works' tragic intensity and bittersweet lyricism.

BBC Music Magazine, February 20134 out of 5 stars

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A judicious coupling of Shostakovich recordings by the Jerusalem Quartet who have won BBC Music Magazine Awards no less than three times.

Release date: 3rd Dec 2012
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Series: HMGold
Catalogue number: HMG508392/93
Length: 2 hours 6 minutes
Genre:
- String Quartets

Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49

Work length14:07

I. Moderato

Track length4:30

II. Moderato

Track length4:29

III. Allegro Molto

Track length2:03

IV. Allegro

Track length3:05

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 83

Work length24:10

I. Allegretto

Track length3:46

II. Andantino

Track length6:38

III. Allegretto

Track length3:52

IV. Allegretto

Track length9:54

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9, Op. 117

Work length25:56

I. Moderato Con Moto

Track length3:59

II. Adagio

Track length4:36

III. Allegretto

Track length3:44

IV. Adagio

Track length4:02

V. Allegro

Track length9:35

Shostakovich: String Quartet No.6, Op. 101 in G Major

Work length23:51

I. Allegretto

Track length6:49

II. Moderato con moto

Track length5:21

III. Lento

Track length4:28

IV. Finale. Lento - Allegretto

Track length7:13

Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8, Op. 110 in C Minor

Work length22:04

I. Largo

Track length5:14

II. Allegro

Track length2:41

III. Allegretto

Track length4:48

IV. Largo

Track length5:25

V. Largo

Track length3:56

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122

Work length16:38

I. Introduction. Andantino

Track length2:28

II. Scherzo. Allegretto

Track length2:42

III. Récitatif. Adagio

Track length1:18

IV. Etude. Allegro

Track length1:14

V. Humoresque. Allegro

Track length1:03

VI. Elégie. Adagio

Track length4:17

VII. Finale. Moderato

Track length3:36

Awards and reviews

February 2013

Vivid, profoundly intelligent accounts of six of Shostakovich's Quartets. The Jerusalems prove eloquent exponents of these works' tragic intensity and bittersweet lyricism.

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