String Quartets Nos.5, 7 & 9
SHOSTAKOVICH Dmitry (1906-1975)
St Petersburg String Quartet
Label : Hyperion Records
Artikelnummer: CDA67155
1 CD Spielzeit : 073:06
CHF 19.50
Shostakovich's 5th Quartet (1952) is a masterpiece never surpassed for its consummate symphonic integration. It was the first quartet to have a direct connection with one of his symphonies (the 10th). The 7th (1960), dedicated to the memory of his first wife, Nina, moves between passion and tension and draws largely on fugal writing to make the distinctions apparent. The 9th is dedicated to Irina Antonovna, his third wife whom he married in 1962. // Cf. 'The Complete String Q.' (CDS44091/6)