Shostakovich String Quartets 7–13
Works by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (2 CDs)
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GEN 23826 EAN: 4260036258264
3.11.2023 24.90 €
Finally, a Shostakovich CD by the Asasello-Quartett! The internationally successful and award-winning ensemble has long been intensively engaged with the 15 works of the great Russian composer and is now embarking on a complete recording. The new GENUIN release of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartets Nos. 7–13 now kicks off the series. According to the booklet for the production, “Love, death and dearest people – these are the themes of the works heard on this double CD.” And the Asasello-Quartett spans the breadth of interpretation just as broadly as the variety of themes outlined here: with poignancy, elegance, and virtuosity – a whole world of its own!
Classica
"By switching effortlessly and consistently from a sarcastic atmosphere to an epic gesture, the Asasellos demonstrate an impressive immersion in the composer's oppressive world. Two previously unpublished fragments from the same period skillfully round off the whole. This deserves a sequel." Review by Jean-Michel Molkhou, issue May 2024
Diapason
"The interpretations are committed, virtuosic, biting, profound and respect the special features of the individual works." Review by Patrick Szersnovicz, issue March 2024
MusicWeb International
The album has been chosen by MusicWeb International as Recording of the month in January 2024.
Clic Musique
"The quartet expresses all the genius of these pieces with biting, heartbreaking, desperate, wild and savage sounds with a wonderful clarity." Review by Gérard Martin
Fono Forum
"Motifs and textures are dissected with a scalpel as if under a microscope, to the delight of the analyst, linear structures are really played independently, chord clusters are taken cluster-like." Review by Michael Kube, 2/2024 issue
MusicWeb International
"The playing is genuinely exceptional in technical, expressive and musical terms. The technical recording too is very fine." Review by Nick Barnard, January 22, 2024
Pizzicato
"The four musicians open their complete recording with the middle quartets. In doing so, they enter into a very personal cosmos of the composer. [...] They succeed in exploring the breadth of compositional means of expression to their limits.." Review by Uwe Krusch, November 7, 2023
Asasello-Quartett Violin, Viola, Cello
Finally, a Shostakovich CD by the Asasello-Quartett! The internationally successful and award-winning ensemble has long been intensively engaged with the 15 works of the great Russian composer and is now embarking on a complete recording. The new GENUIN release of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartets Nos. 7–13 now kicks off the series. According to the booklet for the production, “Love, death and dearest people – these are the themes of the works heard on this double CD.” And the Asasello-Quartett spans the breadth of interpretation just as broadly as the variety of themes outlined here: with poignancy, elegance, and virtuosity – a whole world of its own!
Classica
"By switching effortlessly and consistently from a sarcastic atmosphere to an epic gesture, the Asasellos demonstrate an impressive immersion in the composer's oppressive world. Two previously unpublished fragments from the same period skillfully round off the whole. This deserves a sequel." Review by Jean-Michel Molkhou, issue May 2024
Diapason
"The interpretations are committed, virtuosic, biting, profound and respect the special features of the individual works." Review by Patrick Szersnovicz, issue March 2024
MusicWeb International
The album has been chosen by MusicWeb International as Recording of the month in January 2024.
Clic Musique
"The quartet expresses all the genius of these pieces with biting, heartbreaking, desperate, wild and savage sounds with a wonderful clarity." Review by Gérard Martin
Fono Forum
"Motifs and textures are dissected with a scalpel as if under a microscope, to the delight of the analyst, linear structures are really played independently, chord clusters are taken cluster-like." Review by Michael Kube, 2/2024 issue
MusicWeb International
"The playing is genuinely exceptional in technical, expressive and musical terms. The technical recording too is very fine." Review by Nick Barnard, January 22, 2024
Pizzicato
"The four musicians open their complete recording with the middle quartets. In doing so, they enter into a very personal cosmos of the composer. [...] They succeed in exploring the breadth of compositional means of expression to their limits.." Review by Uwe Krusch, November 7, 2023
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Tracklist
- CD1 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906–1957)
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
I. Allegretto (attacca) - II. Lento (attacca)
- III. Allegro – Allegretto
- CD1 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
I. Largo (attacca) - II. Allegro molto (attacca)
- III. Allegretto (attacca)
- IV. Largo (attacca)
- V. Largo
- CD1 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117
I. Moderato con moto (attacca) - II. Adagio (attacca)
- III. Allegretto (attacca)
- IV. Adagio (attacca)
- V. Allegro
- CD1 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major, Op. 118
I. Andante - II. Allegretto furioso
- III. Adagio (attacca)
- IV. Allegretto – Andante
- CD2 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Unfinished String Quartet (Pre-9th)
Allegretto - CD2 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
I. Introduction: Andantino (attacca) - II. Scherzo: Allegretto (attacca)
- III. Recitative: Adagio (attacca)
- IV. Etude: Allegro (attacca)
- V. Humoresque: Allegro (attacca)
- VI. Elegy: Adagio (attacca)
- VII. Finale: Moderato – Meno mosso – Moderato
- CD2 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133
I. Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato - II. Allegretto – Adagio – Moderato – Adagio – Moderato – Allegretto
- CD2 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138
I. Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo - CD2 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 13. Fragment, First Version (Manuscript A)
Allegretto
Finally, a Shostakovich CD by the Asasello-Quartett! The internationally successful and award-winning ensemble has long been intensively engaged with the 15 works of the great Russian composer and is now embarking on a complete recording. The new GENUIN release of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartets Nos. 7–13 now kicks off the series. According to the booklet for the production, “Love, death and dearest people – these are the themes of the works heard on this double CD.” And the Asasello-Quartett spans the breadth of interpretation just as broadly as the variety of themes outlined here: with poignancy, elegance, and virtuosity – a whole world of its own!
Classica
"By switching effortlessly and consistently from a sarcastic atmosphere to an epic gesture, the Asasellos demonstrate an impressive immersion in the composer's oppressive world. Two previously unpublished fragments from the same period skillfully round off the whole. This deserves a sequel." Review by Jean-Michel Molkhou, issue May 2024
Diapason
"The interpretations are committed, virtuosic, biting, profound and respect the special features of the individual works." Review by Patrick Szersnovicz, issue March 2024
MusicWeb International
The album has been chosen by MusicWeb International as Recording of the month in January 2024.
Clic Musique
"The quartet expresses all the genius of these pieces with biting, heartbreaking, desperate, wild and savage sounds with a wonderful clarity." Review by Gérard Martin
Fono Forum
"Motifs and textures are dissected with a scalpel as if under a microscope, to the delight of the analyst, linear structures are really played independently, chord clusters are taken cluster-like." Review by Michael Kube, 2/2024 issue
MusicWeb International
"The playing is genuinely exceptional in technical, expressive and musical terms. The technical recording too is very fine." Review by Nick Barnard, January 22, 2024
Pizzicato
"The four musicians open their complete recording with the middle quartets. In doing so, they enter into a very personal cosmos of the composer. [...] They succeed in exploring the breadth of compositional means of expression to their limits.." Review by Uwe Krusch, November 7, 2023