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Soviet experience 4: string quartets by dmitri

This is the final installment in the Pacifica Quartet's highly anticipated, and already highly acclaimed four-volume CD survey of the complete Shostakovich string quartets: The Soviet Experience: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries. The Soviet Experience Volume IV features Shostakovich's String Quartets Nos. 13-15 from the 1970s. These three quartets are paired with Schnittke's allusive homage, String Quartet No. 3, written in 1983. It's a work full of quotation including a 12-tone row transposed from a theme by Shostakovich, whose influence was felt throughout Schnittke's career. 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.

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Pacifica Quartet
Released	2013
Music Genre	Classical
Label	CEDILLE
Condition	New
UPC	735131914529
SKU	al-735131914529

1.1 String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat minor, Op. 138
1.2 Allegretto
1.3 Adagio
1.4 Allegretto
2.1 Elegy: Adagio
2.2 Serenade: Adagio
2.3 Intermezzo: Adagio
2.4 Nocturne: Adagio
2.5 Funeral March: Adagio Molto
2.6 Epilogue: Adagio
2.7 Andante
2.8 Agitato
2.9 Pesante