Harmonia Mundi: HMC901953
Shostakovich - String Quartets Nos 6, 8, 11
Our Price: £11.95 (£10.17 ex VAT)
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Artist(s): Jerusalem Quartet
Release Date: 2nd April 2007
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Jerusalem Quartet:
Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, Amichai Grosz, Kyril Zlotnikov
Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, Amichai Grosz, Kyril Zlotnikov
After a first volume devoted to Quartets Nos. 1, 4 and 9, the musicians of the Jerusalem Quartet return to one of their great favourites, Dmitri Shostakovitch.
Shostakovich had just finished his Seventh Quartet when the leader of the Beethoven Quartet told him that Melodiya had asked them to record his 'last quartet':
"Last quartet?" exclaimed the composer. "When I've written all my quartets, then we'll talk about my last quartet!"
"And how many do you intend to write?"
"Twenty-four", replied Shostakovich. "Haven't you noticed that I never repeat a key? I'll write twenty-four quartets, so as to have a complete cycle."
Shostakovich only managed to finish fifteen quartets, but it is necessary to bear this large-scale project in mind in order to place these quartets in their rightful context.
Also available: HMC901865 Shostakovich 1, 4 & 9
"The Jerusalem is one of the most exciting string quartets to emerge for many years, its members' outstanding technical accomplishment and musical insight belying their youth." The Strad
Shostakovich had just finished his Seventh Quartet when the leader of the Beethoven Quartet told him that Melodiya had asked them to record his 'last quartet':
"Last quartet?" exclaimed the composer. "When I've written all my quartets, then we'll talk about my last quartet!"
"And how many do you intend to write?"
"Twenty-four", replied Shostakovich. "Haven't you noticed that I never repeat a key? I'll write twenty-four quartets, so as to have a complete cycle."
Shostakovich only managed to finish fifteen quartets, but it is necessary to bear this large-scale project in mind in order to place these quartets in their rightful context.
Also available: HMC901865 Shostakovich 1, 4 & 9
"The Jerusalem is one of the most exciting string quartets to emerge for many years, its members' outstanding technical accomplishment and musical insight belying their youth." The Strad
