Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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This recording is an absolute winner. As in its previous explorations of Shostakovich, primarily on the Harmonia Mundi label, the Jerusalem Quartet provides consummately brilliant playing throughout,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Recording of the Month
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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... — More…
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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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The Cuarteto Casals hail from Spain, land of sun, not Siberian cold, and the playing’s warmth and passion bring out every drop of humanity that this anguished music possesses. The performers... — More…
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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... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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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Audio formats guide -
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The performances as a whole achieve a rare degree of intensity. It really draws you into the unsettling subtext of Shostakovich’s writing. Even if there are a few moments where the ensemble... — More…
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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Chamber Choice
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