Borodin Quartet - Shostakovich: Complete Quartets (6CD) (2006)

Artist: Borodin Quartet
Title: Shostakovich: Complete Quartets
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Melodiya
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 07:10:05
Total Size: 2.3 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Shostakovich: Complete Quartets
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Melodiya
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 07:10:05
Total Size: 2.3 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1
String Quartet No.1 In C Major, Op.49 (1935)
1-1 I: Moderato 4:43
1-2 II: Moderato 4:45
1-3 III: Allegro Molto 1:54
1-4 IV: Allegro 2:57
String Quartet No.2 In A Major, Op.68 (1944)
1-5 I: Overture (Moderato Con Moto) 8:18
1-6 II: Recitative And Romance (Adagio) 12:53
1-7 III: Waltz (Allegro) 5:38
1-8 IV: Theme With Variations (Adagio) 11:16
String Quartet No.4 In D Major, Op.83 (1949)
1-9 I: Allegretto 4:02
1-10 II: Andantino 6:58
1-11 III: Allegretto 4:00
1-12 IV: Allegretto 10:12
CD 2
String Quartet No.3 In F Major, Op.73 (1946)
2-1 I: Allegretto 6:26
2-2 II: Moderato Con Moto) 5:22
2-3 III: Allegro Non Troppo 4:06
2-4 IV: Adagio 6:28
2-5 V: Moderato 11:18
Two Pieces For Strings Octet, Op.11
2-6 I: Prelude In D Minor (Adagio) 6:29
2-7 II: Scherzo In G Minor (Allegro Molto) 4:04
Piano Quintet In G Minor, Op.57 (1945)
2-8 I: Prelude (Lento) 4:37
2-9 II: Fugue (Adagio) 11:55
2-10 III: Scherzo (Allegretto) 3:59
2-11 IV: Intermezzo (Lento) 7:24
2-12 V: Finale (Allegretto) 7:19
CD 3
String Quartet No.5 In B Flat Major, Op.92 (1952)
3-1 I: Allegro Non Troppo 11:19
3-2 II: Andante 9:06
3-3 III: Moderato 11:13
String Quartet No.6 In G Major, Op.101 (1956)
3-4 I: Allegretto 6:35
3-5 II: Moderato Con Moto 4:49
3-6 III: Lento 5:25
3-7 IV: Lento - Allegretto 7:20
String Quartet No. 7 In F. Sharp Minor, Op.108 (1960)
3-8 I: Allegretto 3:19
3-9 II: Lento 3:34
3-10 III: Allegro 5:37
CD 4
String Quartet No.8 In C Minor, Op.110 (1960)
4-1 I: Largo 5:01
4-2 II: Allegro Molto 2:50
4-3 III: Allegretto 4:24
4-4 IV: Largo 5:49
4-5 V: Largo 4:00
String Quartet No.9 In E Flat Major, Op. 117 (1964)
4-6 I: Moderato Con Moto 4:21
4-7 II: Adagio 5:06
4-8 III: Allegretto 3:45
4-9 IV: Adagio 4:08
4-10 V: Allegro 9:18
String Quartet No.10 In A Flat Major, Op.118 (1964)
4-11 I: Andante 4:42
4-12 II: Allegretto Furioso 4:00
4-13 III: Adagio 6:06
4-14 IV: Allegretto 9:32
CD 5
String Quartet No.11 In F Minor, Op.122 (1966)
5-1 I: Introduction (Andantino) 2:48
5-2 II: Scherzo (Allegretto) 2:59
5-3 III: Recitative (Adagio) 1:19
5-4 IV: Etude (Allegro) 1:13
5-5 V: Humoresque (Allegro) 1:06
5-6 VI: Elegy (Adagio) 4:33
5-7 VII: Conclusion (Moderato) 4:10
String Quartet No.12 In D Flat, Op.133 (1968)
5-8 I: Moderato 7:15
5-9 II: Allegretto 20:15
String Quartet No.13 In B Flat Minor, Op.138 (1970)
5-10 Adagio 19:56
CD 6
String Quartet No.14 In F Sharp Major, Op.142 (1973)
6-1 I: Allegretto 8:51
6-2 II: Adagio 10:09
6-3 III: Allegretto 9:21
String Quartet No.15 In E Flat Minor, Op.144 (1974)
6-4 I: Elegy (Adagio) 12:04
6-5 II: Serenade (Adagio) 5:52
6-6 III: Intermezzo (Adagio) 2:02
6-7 IV: Nocturne (Adagio) 4:32
6-9 V: Funeral March (Adagio Molto) 5:07
6-10 VI: Epilogue (Adagio) 6:47
Performers:
Borodin Quartet
The later Mikhail Kopelman-led Borodin Quartet recordings of the complete string quartets of Shostakovich aren't so much better than the earlier Valentin Berlinsky-led Borodin Quartet's recordings as they have more than the earlier recording. For one thing, there are two more quartets; the earlier cycle stops with 13 because Shostakovich hadn't gotten any further yet. For another thing, the playing is more emotional; the earlier cycle is violently expressive, but the later cycle has more humanity. For yet another thing, the recorded sound of the later cycle is more aggressive than the earlier cycle with more highs, more lows, and much more presence. And as interpretations, the later Borodin cycle is more: more anguished, more haunted, more lamenting, more monumental, more powerful, and perhaps even more deeply moving. If you can only have one set of the Shostakovich string quartets, the later Borodin is the one to have. If you can only have two sets, get the earlier Borodin, too.