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Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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They make interpretive decisions that are unexpected but none the less to me felt deeply initiative and this passage showcases the gorgeous cello line that has extraordinary shaping in how you... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording
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[Järvi’s] super-group is not huge but its bright clarity, with violins antiphonally placed, does not preclude the plumbing of depths both physical and emotional…This must be one of the finer... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2018
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As always, balance, intonation and ensemble are impeccable, and the Hagens demonstrate a masterly control of large-scale structure, nowhere more impressively than in the rise and fall of tension... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Chamber Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, January 2023, Also Recommended
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I stand in awe of their depth, sonority (superbly recorded) and combination of intellect with emotion. —
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedBoris Giltburg (piano), Rhys Owens (trumpet)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Boris Giltburg and Vasily Petrenko are a tight unit, the pianist’s dashing virtuosity and subtlety of touch matched by equally incisive interpolations from the orchestra —
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Building A Library, May 2021, Recommended Recording - Piano Concerto No. 2
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The Emersons have played Shostakovich all over the world, and this long- pondered intégrale sets the seal on a process that has brought the quartets to the very centre of the repertoire – the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Chamber
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Classical Album of the Year
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The Emersons have played Shostakovich all over the world, and this long- pondered intégrale sets the seal on a process that has brought the quartets to the very centre of the repertoire – the... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Chamber
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Classical Album of the Year
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All four pieces are superbly played with pungent sound, shrewd balances and dazzling rhythmic acuity by a young Czech ensemble making their album debut. —
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The Soviet Experience Volume I
String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries
Pacifica Quartet
their sense of the musical argument is always impressive, shining through their objective but never over-slick approach. The Pacifica Quartet only seem to draw breath, like Shostakovich, between... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Chamber Choice
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