Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 8

Eric Lewis (violin), Roy Lewis (violin), John Dexter (viola), Judith Glyde (cello), Manhattan String Quartet

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Shostakovich's cycle of string quartets may well have been his finest achievement. At the very least, it certainly rivals his cycle of Symphonies. The Manhattan String Quartet performs these works with great understanding, and, where called for, searing intensity.

Release date: 2nd May 1986
Label: Centaur
Catalogue number: CRC2020
Length: 48 minutes
Genre:
- String Quartets

Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

Work length27:28

Eric Lewis (violin), Roy Lewis (violin), John Dexter (viola), Judith Glyde (cello)
Manhattan String Quartet

I. Allegretto

Track length5:03

II. Moderato con moto

Track length4:39

III. Allegro non troppo

Track length4:05

IV. Adagio

Track length5:10

V. Moderato

Track length8:31

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

Work length21:16

Eric Lewis (violin), Roy Lewis (violin), John Dexter (viola), Judith Glyde (cello)
Manhattan String Quartet

I. Largo

Track length5:14

II. Allegro molto

Track length2:44

III. Allegretto

Track length4:20

IV. Largo

Track length4:34

V. Largo

Track length4:24

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