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Shostakovich - String Quartets | Harmonia Mundi - HM Gold HMG50839293

Shostakovich - String Quartets

Label: Harmonia Mundi - HM Gold

Cat No: HMG50839293

Barcode: 3149020839218

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 3rd December 2012

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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.

- String Quartets 1, 4 & 9
(previously available as HMC901865)
Chamber Choice, BBC Music Magazine
their internal balancing is unimpeachable, their ensemble immaculate and corporate intonation remarkably true.” - Julian Haylock, The Strad, May 2005

technical brilliance, warmth of  tone and a surprising level of interpretative maturity combine for a remarkable programme.” - Rob Cowan, The Independent, 10 May 2005

"With pristine intonation and ensemble, it beats the competition hands down. Superb." - Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday, 22 May 2005, ***** 

Their playing is expressively wide-ranging, technically brilliant and utterly convincing, and ranks with the finest of their predecessors.” - Carl Rosman, International Record Review, June 2005

- String Quartets 6, 8 & 11
(previously available as HMC901953)
***** The Times
revelatory and outstandingly recorded performance [of the Sixth Quartet]” - Benchmark recording, BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, *****/***** BBC Music Magazine Award Winner 2008

These young players ‘fit’ the music so closely, and it in turns suits their style so well, that the pieces seem almost to play themselves… the recorded sound is outstanding.” - Tully Potter, theStrad Selection, The Strad, May 2007

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