SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartets Nos. 6, 8 & 11

‘One admires the skillful voice-leading, the splendidly vertical bowing, and the vivacity of this ensemble, which will certainly continue to dazzle us for a long time to come.’ (Diapason)

  • String Quartet No. 6 Op. 101 in G Major

  • String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110 in C Minor

  • String Quartet No. 11 Op. 122 in F Minor

HARMONIA MUNDI
Released: April 24, 2007
Catalog Num: HMC901953

‘One admires the skillful voice-leading, the splendidly vertical bowing, and the vivacity of this ensemble, which will certainly continue to dazzle us for a long time to come’ (Diapason).

Soul-searching and black humor. ‘Exhilarating commitment and freshness’ (Télérama).

After a first volume devoted to Quartets nos. 1, 4, and 9, the musicians of the Jerusalem Quartet return to one of their great favorites, Shostakovich. Here, even in the luminous G major of No. 6, they tackle works of still greater gravity. The humor grows inexorably blacker…