Pacifica Quartet -The Soviet Experience Vol.2 -Cedille CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
Streichquartett Nr. 1 C-Dur op. 49

01. "1. Moderato"

02. "2. Moderato"

03. "3. Allegro molto"

04. "4. Allegro"
Streichquartett Nr. 2 A-Dur op. 68

05. "1. Overture: Moderato con moto"

06. "2. Recitative and romance: Adagio"

07. "3. Valse: Allegro"

08. "4. Theme with variations"
Streichquartett Nr. 4 D-Dur op. 83

09. "1. Allegretto"

10. "2. Andantino"

11. "3. Allegretto"

12. "4. Allegretto"

Disc 02
Streichquartett Nr. 3 F-Dur op. 73

01. "1. Allegretto"

02. "2. Andante"

03. "3. Moderato - Allegretto - Andante"

04. "4. Adagio"

05. "5. Moderato - Adagio"
Streichquartett Nr. 2 F-Dur op. 92 (sur des th?mes kabardines)

06. "1. Allegro sostenuto"

07. "2. Adagio"

08. "3. Allegro - Andante molto - Allegro"

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Cedille presents the second installment in the Pacifica Quartet's highly anticipated, four-volume CD survey of the complete Shostakovich string quartets: The Soviet Experience: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries. The Soviet Experience is the first Shostakovich quartet cycle to include works by other important composers of the Soviet era, adding variety and perspective to the listening experience. Volume 2 features five works from the period surrounding World War II: 1938 - 1949. Included are Shostakovich's surprisingly sunny and spring-like Quartet No. 1; his often symphonic-sounding Quartet No. 2; the emotionally-powerful Third Quartet, one of Shostakovich's greatest chamber music masterpieces; his Fourth Quartet, notable especially for it's 'Jewish'-themed finale; and Prokofiev's folk-influenced Quartet No. 2. Volume 1 received universal praise on both sides of the Atlantic and was included on the best classical albums of 2011 lists of the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, the New Yorker, San Jose Mercury News, Newark Star-Ledger, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

? &© 2012 Cedille Records Made in the U.S.A. Disc One TT: (75:38) Disc Two TT: (53:40) (1-1 to 1-8): Recording Date: November 18, 2011 - November 20, 2011 (1-9 to 1-12): Recording Date: August 29, 2011 - August 31, 2011 (2-1 to 2-5): Recording Date: July 23, 2010 - July 24, 2010 (2-6 to 2-8): Recording Date: August 29, 2011 - August 31, 2011 Recording Location: Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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CDR90000130

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