Dmitri Shostakovich � Complete String Quartets (2005, FLAC)

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Tracks:

Cd1
01. Quartet No. 2 in A major op. 68 (1944) – I. Overture (Moderato con Moto) [0:08:21.48]
02. Quartet No. 2 in A major op. 68 (1944) – II. Recitative and Romance (Adagio) [0:10:29.04]
03. Quartet No. 2 in A major op. 68 (1944) – III. Waltz (Allegro) [0:05:33.37]
04. Quartet No. 2 in A major op. 68 (1944) – IV. Theme and Variations (Adagio) [0:10:34.94]
05. Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp major op. 108 (1960) – I. Allegretto [0:03:32.13]
06. Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp major op. 108 (1960) – II. Lento [0:03:16.13]
07. Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp major op. 108 (1960) – I. Allegro [0:05:48.30]
08. Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major op. 92 (1952) – I. Allegro non troppo [0:11:14.14]
09. Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major op. 92 (1952) – II. Andante [0:09:40.89]
10. Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major op. 92 (1952) – III. Allegro no troppo ma non fuoco [0:11:21.45]

Cd2
01. Qaurtet No. 6 in G major op. 101 (1956) – I. Allegretto [0:06:45.58]
02. Qaurtet No. 6 in G major op. 101 (1956) – II. Moderato con moto [0:04:58.62]
03. Qaurtet No. 6 in G major op. 101 (1956) – III. Lento [0:05:15.96]
04. Qaurtet No. 6 in G major op. 101 (1956) – IV. Lento – Allegro [0:07:42.29]
05. Qaurtet No. 3 in F major op. 73 (1956) – I. Allegretto [0:06:44.26]
06. Qaurtet No. 3 in F major op. 73 (1956) – II. Moderato con moto [0:05:32.61]
07. Qaurtet No. 3 in F major op. 73 (1956) – III. Allegro non troppo [0:04:13.40]
08. Qaurtet No. 3 in F major op. 73 (1956) – IV. Adagio [0:05:07.24]
09. Qaurtet No. 3 in F major op. 73 (1956) – V. Moderato [0:10:28.92]
10. Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major op. 138 (1970) – I. Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo [0:21:43.54]

Cd3
01. Quartet Nr. 14 in F-sharp major op. 142 (1970) – I. Allegretto [0:09:01.97]
02. Quartet Nr. 14 in F-sharp major op. 142 (1970) – II. Adagio [0:10:37.12]
03. Quartet Nr. 14 in F-sharp major op. 142 (1970) – III. Allegretto [0:08:44.10]
04. Quartet Nr. 8 in C minor op. 110 (1960) – I. Largo [0:05:08.09]
05. Quartet Nr. 8 in C minor op. 110 (1960) – II. Allegretto molto [0:02:46.38]
06. Quartet Nr. 8 in C minor op. 110 (1960) – III. Allegretto [0:04:27.72]
07. Quartet Nr. 8 in C minor op. 110 (1960) – IV. Largo [0:05:58.92]
08. Quartet Nr. 8 in C minor op. 110 (1960) – V. Largo [0:03:53.68]
09. Quartet Nr. 12 in D-flat major op. 133 (1968) – I. Moderato [0:07:17.80]
10. Quartet Nr. 12 in D-flat major op. 133 (1968) – II. Allegretto [0:22:07.60]

Cd4
01. Quartet Nr. 4 in D major op. 83 (1949) – I. Allegretto [0:03:44.45]
02. – II. Andantino [0:06:29.70]
03. – III. Allegretto [0:04:18.97]
04. – IV. Allegretto [0:11:01.00]
05. Quartet Nr. 11 in F mnor op. 122 (1966) – I. Introduction (Andantino) [0:02:34.00]
06. – II. Scherzo (Allegretto) [0:02:50.37]
07. – III. Recitative (Adagio) [0:01:19.14]
08. – IV. Etude (Allegro) [0:01:17.33]
09. – V. Humoresque (Allegro) [0:01:05.53]
10. – VI. Elegy (Adagio) [0:03:49.77]
11. – VII. Finale (Moderato) [0:04:03.70]
12. Quartet Nr. 9 in E-flat major op. 117 (1964) – I. Moderato con moto [0:04:43.58]
13. – II. Adagio [0:04:22.40]
14. – III. Allegretto [0:04:13.68]
15. – IV. Adagio [0:03:42.40]
16. – V. Allegro [0:10:26.33]

Cd5

01. Quartet No. 1 in C major op. 49 (1938) – I. Moderato [0:04:54.36]
02. Quartet No. 1 in C major op. 49 (1938) – II. Moderato [0:04:57.44]
03. Quartet No. 1 in C major op. 49 (1938) – III. Allegro molto [0:02:13.30]
04. Quartet No. 1 in C major op. 49 (1938) – IV. Allegro [0:03:19.30]
05. Quartet No. 10 in A-moll major op. 118 (1964) – I. Andante [0:04:38.70]
06. Quartet No. 10 in A-moll major op. 118 (1964) – II. Allegretto furioso [0:03:56.61]
07. Quartet No. 10 in A-moll major op. 118 (1964) – III. Adagio [0:05:46.80]
08. Quartet No. 10 in A-moll major op. 118 (1964) – IV. Alllegretto [0:09:24.69]
09. Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor op. 144 (1974) – I. Elegy (Adagio) [0:13:42.53]
10. Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor op. 144 (1974) – II. Serenade (Adagio) [0:06:01.13]
11. Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor op. 144 (1974) – III. Intermezzo (Adagio) [0:01:51.53]
12. Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor op. 144 (1974) – IV. Nocturne (Adagio) [0:05:04.40]
13. Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor op. 144 (1974) – V. Funeral march (Adagio molto) [0:05:25.60]
14. Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor op. 144 (1974) – VI. Epilogue (Adagio) [0:06:30.21]

Performers:

The Danel Quatuor are:

Marc Danel � 1st violin
Gilles Millet � 2nd violin
Tony Nys � viola
Guy Danel � cello

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After securing first prize at the 1993 International Dmitri Shostakovich Competition, the Brussels-based Danel Quartet started their ondisc explorations with rarities, mainly French and Belgian, Modernist and Romantic. Meanwhile, Quartet colleagues have worked with members of both the Borodin and Beethoven Quartets, enjoying cordial relations with the composer’s widow, Irina. Fascinating then to find that their approach is often unlike that of recent exponents.
While many of those groups have brought the quartets to the very centre of the repertoire, theirs and ours, they have tended to make them into big, declamatory statements, public property if you will. This development may have begun gloriously with the post-Dubinsky, Soviet Statesanctioned Borodin line-up, but a quartet like the Emerson (DG) displays a forceful technocratic sensibility that precludes much sense of four musicians playing together for pleasure.
With consistently sweet sounds, pronounced yet carefully matched vibrato and lithe, intimately drawn interpretations, the Danel offer something else again. Though old hands may take a while to adjust, their Gallic wit and finesse add a new dimension to familiar music. You’re never hit with anything more visceral and rosiny than the argument (and the tuning) can stand, but neither is there is any lack of commitment and fire. There is, however, some close-miked sniffing and at times the recorded sound takes on a wiry quality (especially in No 5). In the conventional int�grale we would certainly rate them above many bigger names.”
Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010