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Dmitri Shostakovich
The String Quartets

Work details

Vol 1

Quartet No 1 in C Op 49 (1938)
3'55"/3'59"/2'23"/3'37" - TT 13'54"
Quartet No 2 in A Op 68 (1944)
7'57"/9'05"/5'28"/10'36" - TT 33'06"
Quartet No 3 in F Op 73 (1946)
6'52"/4'22"/3'50"/4'44"/8'18" - TT 28'06"

Vol 2

Quartet No 4 in D Op 83 (1949)
3'50"/6'23"/4'35"/9'31" - TT 24'19"
Quartet No 5 in B flat Op 92 (1952)
11'18"/8'29"/10'23" - TT 30'10"
Quartet No 6 in G Op 101 (1956)
6'44"/4'59"/3'57"/6'33" - TT 22'13"

Vol 3

Quartet No 7 in F sharp minor Op 108 (1960)
3'41"/2'48"/5'05" - TT 11'34"
Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 (1960)
4'33"/2'37"/4'05"/4'45"/3'34" - TT 19'34"
Quartet No 9 in E flat Op 117 (1964)
4'24"/3'47"/4'02"/3'00"/9'29" - TT 24'42"
Quartet No 10 in A flat Op 118 (1964)
4'12"/3'57"/4'48"/8'40" - TT 21'37"

Vol 4

Adagio (Elegy) for String Quartet after Katerina's Aria from Scene 3 of the opera 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District' Op 29
4'34"
Allegretto (Polka) for String Quartet after the Polka from the ballet 'The Age of Gold' Op 22
2'47"
Quartet No 11 in F minor Op 122 (1966)
2'11"/2'41"/1'08"/1'14"/1'01"/4'12"/3'38" - TT 16'05"
Quartet No 12 in D flat Op 133 (1968)
6'29"/19'23" - TT 25'52"
Quartet No 13 in B flat minor Op 138 (1970)
19'08"

Vol 5

Quartet No 14 in F sharp Op 142 (1972-73)
8'13"/8'52"/7'59" - 25'04"
Quartet No 15 in E flat minor Op 144 (1974)
12'36"/5'47"/1'38"/4'30"/4'35"/6'18" - TT 35'24"

Artist details

The Emerson String Quartet:
Eugene Drucker, violin (Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1686)
Philip Setzer, violin (Nicolas Lupot, Orléans, 1793)
Lawrence Dutton, viola (Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milano 1796)
David Finckel, cello (Sam Zygmuntowicz, Brooklyn 1993)

Recording details

Recorded: July and August 1994 (Nos 11-15), July 1998 (Nos 6-10, Adagio, Allegretto), June and July 1999 (Nos 1-5)
Venue: Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, USA
Executive Producers: Alison Ames (Nos 11-15), Christopher Alder (Nos 1-10, Adagio, Allegretto)
Recording Producers and Balance Engineers: Da-Hong Seetoo (Nos 1-10, Adagio, Allegretto), Max Wilcox (Nos 11-15)
Recording Engineer: Nelson Wong (Nos 11-15)
Editing: Da-Hong Seetoo
Copyright: 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Pressing: 1999 (No 8) & 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

Deutsche Grammophon 463 284-2 DDD Stereo NEW RELEASE
TT - 75'26"/76'58"/77'56"/68'33"/60'38" - TT 360'31"

Editorial & Design details

Liner notes: Paul Epstein
French Translation: Dennis Collins
German translation: Eva Reisinger
Publisher: Musikverlag Hans Sikorski
Cover Photo: 'Archiv Musikverlag Sikorski', Hamburg, © Gennadi Rozdestvensky
Cover Photo of Booklet II: Shostakovich's Obituary in 'Pravda', 12 August 1975
Photos of Shostakovich: 'Archiv Musikverlag Sikorski', Hamburg
Artist Photos: Nora Feller
Art Direction: Nikolaus Boddin

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