Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 15, Two Pieces Op. 36

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Peter Mason The 15th is my favourite of the Shostakovich quartets, and a deeply sad, haunting work. I've got the Fitzwilliam Quartet's complete Shostakovich string quartets, so this is, at first glance, a bit of a superfluous buy. However, the Two Pieces that sit between the quartets on this album are new to me and add a new dimension to the composer's chamber music. Also, on second hearing, this seems to me a more spacious and steady performance than the Fitzwilliams' recording.

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	1.	String Quartet No. 14 in F Sharp Major, Op. 142 I. Allegretto 08:40
	2.	String Quartet No. 14 in F Sharp Major, Op. 142 II. Adagio 11:04
	3.	Two Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 36 I. Elegy. Adagio 08:57
	4.	Two Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 36 I. Elegy. Adagio 04:44
	5.	Two Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 36 II. Polka. Allegretto 02:29
	6.	String Quartet No. 15 in E Flat Minor, Op. 144 I. Elegy. Adagio - attacca 10:59
	7.	String Quartet No. 15 in E Flat Minor, Op. 144 II. Serenade: Adagio - attacca 05:37
	8.	String Quartet No. 15 in E Flat Minor, Op. 144 III. Intermezzo: Adagio - attacca 01:38
	9.	String Quartet No. 15 in E Flat Minor, Op. 144 IV. Notturno. Adagio 04:34
	10.	String Quartet No. 15 in E Flat Minor, Op. 144 V. Funeral March. Adagio molto 04:35
	11.	String Quartet No. 15 in E Flat Minor, Op. 144 VI. Epilogue. Adagio - Adagio molto 06:08

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Last Shostakovich’s diptych: as a baroque ‘Sonata a quattro’ conducted by the cello, then six uninterrupted adagios in spiritual heritage of the Haydn of the Seven Last Words, Beethoven’s Quartet No. 16 and Berg’s Lyric Suite. Two fantastic masterworks.

Awards: Diapason d’Or, BBC Music Magazine

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released September 1, 2014

Pražák Quartet (Ensemble)

MULTI-CHANNEL SACD RECORDINGS, PRAGUE, DOMOVINA STUDIO, May 15-16 (1-3), July 1,2 and 9 (4-9), 2014

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The Pražák Quartet, one of today´s leading string quartets, was founded in 1972 by students at the Prague Conservatory.

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