Shostakovich - String Quartets 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 ..+ P° (Ct. rec. Borodin Quartet)

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich / Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович (1906-1975) Complete String Quartets / Piano Quintet / NEW MASTERING. *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-06:50) Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57 I.Prelude, Lento (00:00) II.Fugue, Adagio (04:41) III.Scherzo, Allegretto (15:51) IV.Intermezzo, Lento (19:58) V.Finale, Allegretto (27:46) String Quartet No.1 in C op.49 I.Moderato (35:28) II.Moderato (40:13) III.Allegro molto (44:59) IV.Allegro (46:53) String Quartet No.2 in A Op.68 I.Ouverture, Moderato (49:56) II.Recitative and Romance, Adagio (58:16) III.Waltz, Allegro (1:11:09) IV.Theme with variations (1:16:48) String Quartet No.3 in F Op.73I.Allegretto (1:28:21) II.Moderato con molto (1:34:52) III.Allegro non troppo (1:40:19) IV.Adagio (1:44:26) V.Moderato (1:50:54) some bugs, sorry.. String Quartet No.4 in D Op.83 I.Allegretto (2:02:09) II.Andantino (2:06:13) III.Allegretto (2:13:12) IV.Allegretto (2:17:12) String Quartet No.5 in B flat Op.92 I.Allegro non troppo (2:27:32) II.Andante (2:38:52) III.Moderato (2:47:57) String Quartet No.6 in G Op.101 I.Allegretto (2:59:17) II.Moderato con moto (3:05:52) III.Lento (3:10:41) IV.Lento, Allegretto (3:16:08) String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor Op.108 I.Allegretto (3:48:01) II.Lento (3:51:20) III.Allegro (3:54:54) String Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110 I.Largo (4:00:40) II.Allegro molto (4:05:42) III.Allegretto (4:08:33) IV.Largo (4:12:57) V.Largo (4:18:47) String Quartet No.9 in E flat Op.117 I.Moderato con molto (4:22:43) II.Adagio (4:27:04) III.Allegretto (4:32:09) IV.Adagio (4:35:54) V.Allegro (4:40:02) String Quartet No.10 in A flat Op.118 I.Andante (4:49:37) II.Allegretto furioso (4:54:21) III.Adagio (4:58:22) IV.Allegretto (5:04:27) String Quartet No.11 in F minor Op.122 I.Introduction, Andantino (5:14:08) II.Scherzo, Allegretto (5:16:54) III.Recitative, Adagio (5:19:54) IV.Etude, Allegro (5:21:12) V.Humoresque, Allegro (5:22:24) VI.Elegy, Adagio (55:23:31) VII.Finale, Moderato (5:28:03) String Quartet No.12 in D flat Op.133 I.Moderato (5:32:23) II.Allegretto (5:39:40) String Quartet No.13 in B flat minor Op.138 I.Adagio (5:59:58) String Quartet No.14 in F sharp Op.142 I.Allegretto (6:20:04) II.Adagio (6:28:55) III.Allegretto (6:39:06) String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor Op.144 I.Elegy, Adagio (6:48:25) II.Serenade, Adagio (7:00:28) III.Intermezzo, Adagio (7:06:24) IV.Nocturne, Adagio (7:08:23) V.Funeral March, Adagio molto (7:12:59) VI.Epilogue, Adagio (7:18:06) Piano : Sviatoslav Richter Borodin String Quartet Violin : Mikhail Kopelman & Andrei Abramenkov Viola : Dmitri Shebalin Cello : Valentin Berlinsky Recorded in 1978-84, at Moscow New Mastering in 2020 by AB for CMRR Find CMRR's recordings on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3016eVr The string quartet is the form in which Shostakovich's genius has manifested itself with the greatest strength and depth. As admirable as the ensemble is, it is in four of them that the composer's creativity reached its peak: the 8th Quartet, a pivotal work, a secular requiem that illuminates no hope, the austere and brutal 10th on the 12th, enriched by a search for atonality, and the 15th, a terrible funeral song that resounds like an echo of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ. The interpretation of the Soviet musicians is admirable for its harshness, its architectural mastery and its power of evocation. Intensely dramatic, often very oppressive, the Borodin Quartet offers a deeply moving testimony, engraved for life in the marble of reference recordings. Sviatoslav Richter and the Borodin Quartet have produced a version of the Quintet that is not close to being equalled. The absence of colour and the severity of the tone create the atmosphere of greyness in which Shostakovich's works are bathed. But above all, Soviet artists pulverize the neo-classical language of this Quintet. They translate the dramatic intensity with masterful nobility. Dmitri Shostakovich PLAYLIST (reference recordings) : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3UZpQL9LIxOGmNLwRgFpWT1dJqSVrsgI Beethoven - Complete String Quartets + Presentation (Century's recording : The Hungarian Quartet) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbBmH9mj2R0&list=PL3UZpQL9LIxOhkdci2M8WKMSVaf9WiF8x&index=3