After being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid-19305, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession.
To launch their complete Shostakovich cycle, members of the Cuarteto Casals offer deeply insightful readings of the first five quartets-works that are pivotal in the composer's oeuvre.
1
4'09
4'30
2'29
3'26
8'05
11'19
5'45
11,13
4'35
6'46
4'08
9'44
2
7'12
5'30
4'02
6'27
9'49
11'40
8'36
10'09
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. Vol. 1 Nos. 1-5
The Art of Fugue
Johann Sebastian Bach
W. A. Mozart 1756-1791
String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn. K. 421, 458 'Hunt' & 464
Apotheosis
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. VOL.3
Revelations
Ludwig van Beethoven. The Complete String Quartets. vol.2
Inventions
Ludwig van Beethoven. The Complete String Quartets. vol.1
W. A. Mozart 1756-1791
String Quartets K428, 465 & 387
Haydn
Haydn the seven last words of christ, hob. xx:2
20th century string quartets
Ravel, Turina, Toldrá, Debussy & Zemlinsky
Schubert
Schubert string quartets d87 & d887
Boccherini
La musica delle strade di madrid
Metamorphosis
BARTÓK, LIGETI & KURTÁG
Haydn
String quartets op.33
Brahms
The string quartets and piano quintet op.34
Influencias
Quartets of ravel, turina and toldrá
Mozart
The Early Quartets
Debussy & Zemlinsky N.2
String Quartet
Arriaga
String Quartet
DVD - FRANZ SCHUBERT
STRING QUARTETS # 3 - Live in Barcelona
DVD - FRANZ SCHUBERT
STRING QUARTETS # 2 - Live in Barcelona
DVD - FRANZ SCHUBERT
STRING QUARTETS # 1 - Live in Barcelona