Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 15 - Borodin Quartet / Мелодия Audio CD 1997 / 74321 40717 2

UPC 743214071724

Product Features

• Label: Мелодия
• Format: CD, Album
• Country: Europe
• Released: 1997
• Genre: Classical

Overview

This CD presents two of Dmitri Shostakovich's final string quartets, Nos. 14 and 15, both composed in the early 1970s, during the later years of his life. These works display a deep emotional intensity and the personal reflections of the composer as he faced his own mortality. String Quartet No. 14 in F-Sharp Major (Op. 142) and String Quartet No. 15 in E-Flat Minor (Op. 144) continue the emotional and technical complexity found in Shostakovich’s earlier quartets, but with a more somber and introspective tone. The Borodin Quartet delivers an emotionally charged and technically impeccable performance that captures the essence of Shostakovich's late style.

Track Listing

String Quartet No. 14 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 142 (1973) – (28:25)

1. I: Allegretto – 8:55
2. II: Adagio – 10:09
3. III: Allegretto – 9:21

String Quartet No. 15 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 144 (1974) – (36:27)

1. I: Elegy (Adagio) – 12:04
2. II: Serenade (Adagio) – 5:52
3. III: Intermezzo (Adagio) – 2:02
4. IV: Nocturne (Adagio) – 4:35
5. V: Funeral March (Adagio molto) – 5:07
6. VI: Epilogue (Adagio) – 6:47

Key Credits

• Composed by: Dmitri Shostakovich
• Performed by: Borodin String Quartet
  • Cello: Valentin Berlinsky
  • Viola: Dmitri Shebalin
  • Violin I: Mikhail Kopelman
  • Violin II: Andrei Abramenkov
• Recording Engineer: Edvard Shakhnazaryan
• Restoration & Sound Engineer: Eberhard Richter
• Liner Notes: Sigrid Neef
• Series Producer: Niels Høirup
• Production Manager: Reimar Bluth
• Remastered by: Michael Glaser