Carducci String Quartet - Shostakovich: String Quartets No 4, 8 & 11 (2015)

The Carducci Quartet launches Shostakovich15 – its project to perform all 15 of Shostakovich’s string quartets in 2015. Commemorating 40 years since Shostakovich’s death, the Carducci Quartet is performing 10 complete cycles throughout the year and releases this recording of Shostakovich’s fourth, eighth and eleventh string quartets – all landmark works in the string quartet repertoire.

Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Orchestra/Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet

Tracklist:

1. String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: I. Allegretto Dmitri Shostakovich 3.58
2. String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: II. Andantino Dmitri Shostakovich 6.57
3. String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: III. Allegretto Dmitri Shostakovich 4.06
4. String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: IV. Finale - Allegretto Dmitri Shostakovich 9.57
5. String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo Dmitri Shostakovich 5.01
6. String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto Dmitri Shostakovich 2.48
7. String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: III. Allegretto Dmitri Shostakovich 4.19
8. String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: IV. Largo Dmitri Shostakovich 5.28
9. String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: V. Largo Dmitri Shostakovich 3.55
10. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: I. Introduction - Andantino Dmitri Shostakovich 2.10
11. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: II. Scherzo - Allegretto Dmitri Shostakovich 2.49
12. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: III. Recitative - Adagio Dmitri Shostakovich 1.11
13. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: IV. Etude - Allegro Dmitri Shostakovich 1.19
14. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: V. Humoresque - Allegro Dmitri Shostakovich 1.06
15. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: VI. Elegie - Adagio Dmitri Shostakovich 4.09
16. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: VII. Finale - Moderato Dmitri Shostakovich 3.25