- artist:Various artists
- featured artist:Fresk Quartet, Garcia Trio, Saulesco Quartet, Georgian State String Quartet
- release year:2021
- style(s):Classical Music
- country:Sweden
- formats:Audio File / Digital
- record posted by:Caprice Records
- label:Caprice Records
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Undoubtedly one of the 20th century’s most famous composers, the Russian Dmitri Shostakovich (1969–1981) was a true musical giant, whose complicated relationship to the Sovjet political power house affected much of both his composing, musical style, and greater circumstances of life. Alternately celebrated and banned in his homeland, but adored throughout the rest of the world for his original and multifaceted tonal language, where both aggressive chaos, meditative tranquillity, and tragic irony are given components, which Shostakovich had the incomparable ability to make approachable for the listener.
Shostakovich wrote in almost all common forms of art music, with several symphonies, operas, solo concertos, and ballets on his resume. But perhaps it’s in his chamber music where the special emotional and philosophical messages of his music are the clearest, distilled even. This digital collection of Caprice Records’ recordings of his chamber music includes, among others, the darkly personal 8th string quartet, the dramatically emotive 2nd piano trio, and the ironically dancing 3rd string quartet.
1.String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73: I. Allegretto
2.String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73: II. Moderato con moto
3.String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73: III. Allegro non troppo
4.String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73: IV. Adagio
5.String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73: V. Moderato
6.String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: I. Allegretto
7.String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: II. Andantino
8.String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: III. Allegretto (attacca)
9.String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto
10.Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: I. Andante - Moderato
11.Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: II. Allegro non troppo
12.Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: III. Largo
13.Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegretto
14.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68: I. Overture
15.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68: II. Recitative - Romance
16.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68: III. Waltz
17.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68: IV. Theme with Variations
18.String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo (attacca)
19.String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto (attacca)
20.String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: III. Allegretto (attacca)
21.String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: IV. Largo (attacca)
22.String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: V. Largo