‘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)
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String Quartet No. 6 Op. 101 in G Major
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String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110 in C Minor
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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…