GD 168 SOFIA STRING QUARTET - SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets No 8, 10, 11
Issued: 1994
Style: Classical Music
Company: Gega New GD168
SOFIA" String Quartet - Valchev, Gagov, Gerov and Bespalov - has recorded three of the late quartets by the great Russian composer, a brilliant expression of the his talent and sensitivity. Each of them reveals the richness of the composer's creative imagination, demonstrates original solutions of form, structure, modes and metric rhythms. Quartet No. 8 is of programmatic character and is related to one of the leading themes in the music of Shostakovich - the theme of war, anti-humanism and the staunch support of the idea of peace and humanity. Quartets Nos. 10 and 11 are composed for friends of Shostakovich, associated with his personal life and creative career. Of particular interest is No. 11, consisting of 7 movements, each of which with an emotional context present in its title. The performance of the works by "Sofia" Quartet is remarkable for its technical virtuosity and freedom - each of the four instrumentalists is a superb musician - with a mastery in the rendition of the multitude of nuances and moods, varying from grief and tragic resignation to joyful intoxication, joke and emotional outbursts. A compact disc which bears evidence to the high professional standards of the "Sofia" Quartet and brings the joy of feeling the magnificence and the shattering power of the music of Dmitry Shostakovich.
Contents:
String quartet no 8 op.110
• Larso
• Allegro mol[o
• Allegrctto
• Largo
• Largo
String quaktet no 10 op.118
• Andante
• Allegrctto furioso
• Adagio
• Allegretto
String quaktet no 11 op.122
• Introduction andantino
• Scherzo allcgretto
• Recitative adagio
• Etude alk'gro
• Hijmoresqie allegro
• Elegy adagio
• Conclusion moclcrato
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