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SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: String Quartets Nos. 5-8 / MYASKOVSKY, N.: String Quartet No. 13 (The Soviet Experience, Vol. 1) (Pacifica Quartet)

SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: String Quartets Nos. 5-8 / MYASKOVSKY, N.: String Quartet No. 13 (The Soviet Experience, Vol. 1) (Pacifica Quartet)

Released Date:
01 Mar 2012


Artists:

Pacifica Quartet


Pacifica Quartet



Record Label
Cedille

Genre:

Chamber


Classical

Total Time - 116:45
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SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: String Quartets Nos. 5-8 / MYASKOVSKY, N.: String Quartet No. 13 (The Soviet Experience, Vol. 1) (Pacifica Quartet)

     
     
 

DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH



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String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92

  
1 I. Allegretto non troppo 11:31
     
2 II. Andante 9:26
     
3 III. Moderato - Allegretto 10:47
     
 

String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101

  
4 I. Allegretto 7:07
     
5 II. Moderato con moto 5:42
     
6 III. Lento 5:24
     
7 IV. Lento - Allegretto - Andante 7:18
     
     
     


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String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108

  
1 I. Allegretto 3:28
     
2 II. Lento 3:16
     
3 III. Allegro - Allegretto 5:27
     
 

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

  
4 I. Largo 5:08
     
5 II. Allegro molto 2:42
     
6 III. Allegretto 4:33
     
7 IV. Largo 5:45
     
8 V. Largo 3:46
     
 

NIKOLAY MYASKOVSKY

 

String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86

  
9 I. Moderato 7:57
     
10 II. Presto fantastico 5:54
     
11 III. Andante con moto e molto cantabile 6:47
     
12 IV. Molto vivo, energico 4:47
     
  Pacifica Quartet


This is the first installment in the Pacifica Quartet’s highly anticipated, four-volume survey of the complete Shostakovich string quartets: The Soviet Experience: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries. The Soviet Experience is the first Shostakovich quartet cycle to include works by other important composers of the Soviet era, adding variety and perspective to the listening experience. This superbly performed series of audiophile recordings, produced and engineered by multiple Grammy Award winner Judith Sherman, will appeal to everyone interested in great Russian music of the 20th century. 
 
Shostakovich’s intense String Quartet No. 5 (1952) introduces many characteristics that would become common in his later quartets. The String Quartet No. 6 (1956) holds surprises beneath its outwardly untroubled themes. The remarkably inventive and compact String Quartet No. 7 (1960) signals a significant stylistic change in the composer’s quartet writing. The deeply personal String Quartet No. 8 (1960) is the best-known quartet in the entire cycle. Nikolai Miaskovsky is the only major Soviet composer who was also a member of the pre-Revolution generation of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. His masterfully written String Quartet No. 13 (1949) demonstrates great ingenuity and craftsmanship within a conventional harmonic language.
 
The Pacifica Quartet performed the complete Shostakovich cycle to great acclaim in New York and Chicago and at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill., during the 2010-2011 season. The Chicago Tribune said, "The remarkable Pacifica Quartet . . . coaxed the music’s unfathomable sorrows, fleeting joys and macabre humor to the surface as if creating it on the spot." The New York Times called the Pacifica "enterprising and eloquent" and said its Shostakovich installments were "beautifully and powerfully played." The Pacifica has been demonstrating its prowess with Shostakovich to concert audiences far and wide by performing the Quartet No. 8 on its tour program. The Denver Post said the ensemble "delivered rawness, power, and sensitivity in an authoritative performance that was profoundly haunting and moving." Canada’s Globe and Mail said, "The Shostakovich . . . was memorably engaged at every layer and level of its discourse."
"This is the first volume of the Chicago-based Pacifica Quartet’s exciting exploration of the cycle, tackling Nos 5 to 8 and coupling them with Nikolai Miaskovsky’s quartet No 13. Its release coincides with their electrifying performances at Wigmore Hall last week. Listen to these and you’ll wish you had been there."
 
Stephen Pritchard - The Guardian
 

"The excellent Pacifica Quartet, which has demonstrated its empathy with Shostakovich’s music in recent concert performances, offers electrifying interpretations of his Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Quartets. The group conveys every shade of Shostakovich’s extreme emotional palette in a set — Volume 1 of a series called "The Soviet Experience" — that also includes a stirring rendition of Miaskovsky’s String Quartet No. 13 in A minor."
 
Vivien Schweitzer - NY Times

"The virile imagination of the elder Miaskovsky certainly has the undivided attention of the Pacifica members, as it will likely captivate a host of new believers via this stunning recording made 14-15 May 2011 in the Foellinger Great Hall, Krannett Center, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana."
 
Gary Lemco - Audiophile Audition

 "Cedille certainly produces some of the smartest "concept" albums in the classical music business today, because the concept always seems to work musically. Now the Pacifica Quartet is one of the best chamber ensembles out there, as its Mendelssohn recordings for this same label attest. Even so, there’s no dearth of fine Shostakovich cycles, from the Borodin Quartet to the Emerson. These performances, every bit as fine as those, would be excellent by themselves, but they do risk getting lost in the discographic shuffle. So it was an inspired idea to pair them in this series with other important works in the same medium by Shostakovich’s contemporaries...A great start to a very promising series."

 
David Hurwitz - ClassicsToday.com
 

"The Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello) play Shostakovich as though born to it. Among the best small ensembles in the country, the Pacifica players perform with enthusiasm, passion, grace, precision, and, above all, virtuosity. If anyone could make Shostakovich come alive for twenty-first century ears, it’s these folks."
 
John J Puccio - Classical Candor
 



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