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The string quartets, Shostakovich

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The string quartets

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Recorded live during the Aspen Music Festival, July-Aug. 1994 (nos. 11-15), July 1998 (nos. 6-10), and June-July 1999 (nos. 1-5), Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Shostakovich

Disc 1. No. 1 in C major, op. 49 (1938) (13:54) ; No. 2 in A major, op. 68 (1944) (33:06) ; No. 3 in F major, op. 73 (1946) (28:06) -- Disc 2. No. 4 in D major, op. 83 (1949) (24:19) ; No. 5 in B flat major, op. 92 (1952) (30:10) ; No. 6 in G major, op. 101 (1956) (22:13) -- Disc 3. No. 7 in F sharp minor, op. 108 (1960) (11:34) ; No. 8 in C minor, op. 110 (1960) (19:34) ; No. 9 in E flat major, op. 117 (1964) (24:42) ; No. 10 in A flat major, op. 118 (21:37) -- Disc 4. Katerina's aria from Scene 3 of the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, op. 29 : Adagio (elegy) (4:34) ; Polka from the ballet "The age of gold", op. 22 : Allegretto (polka) (2:47) ; No. 11 in F minor, op. 122 (1966) (16:05) ; No. 12 in D flat major, op. 133 (1968) (25:52) ; No. 13 in B flat minor, op. 138 (1970) (19:08) -- Disc 5. No. 14 in F sharp major, op. 142 (1972-73) (25:04) ; No. 15 in E flat minor, op. 144 (1974) (35:24)

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