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Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49
I. Moderato
II. Moderato
III. Allegro molto
IV. Allegro
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68
I. Overture: Moderato con moto
II. Recitative and Romance: Adagio
III. Waltz: Allegro
IV. Theme with Variations: Adagio - Moderato con moto - Allegretto - Allegro non troppo - Allegro - Adagio
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
I. Allegretto
II. Andantino
III. Allegretto
IV. Allegretto
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
I. Allegretto
II. Moderato con moto
III. Allegro non troppo
IV. Adagio
V. Moderato
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101
I. Allegretto
II. Moderato con moto
III. Lento
IV. Lento - Allegretto - Andante
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
I. Largo
II. Allegro molto
III. Allegretto
IV. Largo
V. Largo
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92
I. Allegretto non troppo
II. Andante
III. Moderato
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108
I. Allegretto
II. Lento
III. Allegro
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
I. Moderato con moto
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
IV. Adagio
V. Allegro
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118
I. Andante
II. Allegretto furiosa
III. Adagio
IV. Allegretto
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133
I. Moderato
II. Allegretto
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142
I. Allegretto
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
I. Introduction: Andantino
II. Scherzo: Allegretto
III. Recitative: Adagio
IV. Etude: Allegro
V. Humoresque: Allegro
VI. Elegie: Adagio
VII. Finale: Moderato
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138: I. Adagio – II. Doppio movimento – III. Tempo primo
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor, Op. 144
I. Elegy: Adagio
II. Serenade: Adagio
III. Intermezzo: Adagio
IV. Nocturne: Adagio
V. Funeral March: Adagio molto
VI. Epilogue: Adagio
The Arts Desk
30th April 2011
“These are wonderful performances. The Mandelring Quartet don’t overplay the savagery and shocks - their approach is lyrical, sane and effortlessly musical. They can deploy the big guns when necessary...but they always care about the line, the musical argument...There’s no self-pity, no indulgence. Recorded between 2005 and 2009 and now reissued in a bargain box, these are near-definitive readings of intense, beautifully crafted works.”
london24.com
17th June 2011
“Over the years, many recordings have done considerable justice to these most dynamic masterworks of the modern chamber repertoire, but for some time, the readings by the Mandelring quartet have come to be regarded as definitive...If you’re a CD collector rather than a surround sound aficionado, there need be no hesitation -- this is probably the finest complete set of the Shostakovich quartets now on the market.”
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I. Moderato