Shostakovich: String Quartets Quatuor Debussy

• Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975): Elegie:
• 1 Shostakovich: Elegie: Adagio 04:34
• String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122:
• 2 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: I. Introduction 02:16
• 3 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: II. Scherzo 02:48
• 4 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: III. Recitative 01:16
• 5 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: IV. Etude 01:12
• 6 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: V. Humoresque 01:04
• 7 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: VI. Elegie 03:40
• 8 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122: VII. Final 03:42
• String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110:
• 9 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo 04:42
• 10 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto 02:32
• 11 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: III. Allegretto 04:23
• 12 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: IV. Largo 05:08
• 13 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: V. Largo 03:53
• String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 92
• 14 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 92: I. Allegro non troppo 10:38
• 15 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 92: II. Andante 07:57
• 16 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 92: III. Moderato - Allegretto - Andante 10:07
• Total Runtime 01:09:52

Info for Shostakovich: String Quartets

The Debussy string quartet, French specialist in the Shostakovich quartet’s performance, is continuing the exploration of those master-pieces. With the “Opus” show, created with the Australian contemporary circus company CIRCA, the Debussy String Quartet musicians have taken another look on four of the quartet’s corpus of the Russian master:

Elegy, transcription for string quartet from an aria of his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Quartet no.11 opus 122 in F minor (1966),
Quartet no.8 opus 110 in C minor (1960),
Quartet no.5 opus 92 in B at major (1952),

leading them to a very intimate knowledge of this music, going as far as performing for the show by heart and even blind-folded. This new recording is then the result of this long work and new appropriation of Shostakovich’s music, displaying, on a single one record, those four pieces of the “Opus” show.

he Debussy String Quartet has built a reputation graced with international acclaim through their many recordings and live performances. Since its creation in 1990, they have enlivened the chamber music world with their stylish and stimulating performances. Based in Lyon and honored as Winners of the Evian International String Quartet Competition, the quartet performs about 120 concerts a year all around the world (Europe, Asia, Australia, North America...). The quartet’s recording schedule has included the release of more than 25 CDs in 25 years with works ranging from French Music (recently, around Debussy and Caplet which enriches its collection composed of Bonnal, Ravel, Fauré, Witkowski or Lekeu) to Weber or Shostakovich with the complete string quartets recorded by Arion. The Debussy string quartet, French specialist in the Shostakovich quartet’s performance, is continuing the exploration of those master-­‐pieces. With the “Opus” show, created with the Australian contemporary circus company CIRCA, the Debussy String Quartet musicians have taken another look on four of the quartet’s corpus of the Russian master: ⁃ Elegy, transcription for string quartet from an aria of his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, ⁃ Quartet no.11 opus 122 in F minor (1966), ⁃ Quartet no.8 opus 110 in C minor (1960), ⁃ Quartet no.5 opus 92 in B flat major (1952), leading them to a very intimate knowledge of this music, going as far as performing for the show by heart and even blind-­‐folded. This new recording is then the result of this long work and new appropriation of Shostakovich’s music, displaying, on a single one record, those four pieces of the “Opus”show.

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