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String Quartet No.1 In C Major, Op.49 (1938)
I: Moderato
II: Moderato
III: Allegro Molto
IV: Allegro
String Quartet No.3 In F Major, Op.73 (1946)
I: Allegretto
II: Moderato Con Moto
III: Allegro Non Troppo
IV: Adagio
V: Moderato
String Quartet No.12 In D Flat, Op.133 (1968)
I: Moderato
II: Allegro - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto
String Quartet No.4 In D Major, Op.83 (1949)
I: Allegretto
II: Andantino
III: Allegretto
IV: Allegretto
String Quartet No.5 In B Flat Major, Op.92 (1952)
I: Allegro Non Troppo
II: Andante
III: Moderato - Allegretto
String Quartet No.6 In G Major, Op.101 (1956)
I: Allegretto
II: Moderato Con Moto
III: Lento
IV: Lento - Allegretto
String Quartet No. 7 In F. Sharp Minor, Op.108 (1960)
I: Allegretto
II: Lento
III: Allegro - Allegretto
String Quartet No.8 In C Minor, Op.110 (1960)
I: Largo
II: Allegro Molto
III: Allegretto
IV: Largo
V: Largo
String Quartet No.9 In E Flat Major, Op. 117 (1964)
I: Moderato Con Moto
II: Adagio
III: Allegretto
IV: Adagio
V: Allegro
String Quartet No.11 In F Minor, Op.122 (1966)
I: Introduction. Andantino
II: Scherzo. Allegretto
III: Recitative. Adagio
IV: Etude. Allegro
V: Humoresque. Allegro
VI: Elegy. Adagio
VII: Conclusion. Moderato
String Quartet No.2 In A Major, Op.68 (1944)
I: Overture. Moderato Con Moto
II: Recitative And Romance. Adagio
III: Waltz. Allegro
IV: Theme With Variations. Adagio
String Quartet No.10 In A Flat Major, Op.118 (1964)
I: Andante
II: Allegretto Furioso
III: Adagio
IV: Allegretto
String Quartet No.13 In B Flat Minor, Op.138 (1970)
Adagio - Doppio Movimento - Tempo Primo

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℗ 2003 © 2003
This incomplete cycle of quartets is recorded by the original Borodin Quartet (1953-74).
First issued in Russia on Melodiya LPs, quartets 1-11 (1967-1971) and later: (Shostakovich*, The Borodin Quartet* - The Complete String Quartets (Vol. 2 Nos. 6-11) & Shostakovich*, The Borodin Quartet* - The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1-5).

Not to be confused with Melodyia-EMI edition recorded in the 80´s D. Shostakovich*, Borodin Quartet* - Complete Quartets and including String Quartets No. 14 & 15 not included here. Violinists Rostislav Dubinsky and Yaroslav Alexandrov left the group before they could record Shostakovich's then-recent, final two quartets and were replaced by Mikhail Kopelman and Andrei Abramenkov.

36-page booklet with texts in English, German and French.

Total Time:
CD 1: 75:51
CD 2: 79:54
CD 3: 77:44
CD 4: 78:55

credits

Booklet Editor – Elizabeth Long
Cello – Valentin Berlinsky
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Design – Tim Feeley
Ensemble – Borodin String Quartet
Liner Notes – M. Yakubov,
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Marie-Stella Pâris
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Andreas Klatt (2)
Remastered By – Christopher Brooke (2), Peter Reynolds,
Viola – Dmitri Shebalin
Violin – Andrei Abramenkov, Rostislav Dubinsky

companies

Remastered At – Chandos Records Ltd
Copyright (c) – Chandos Records Ltd
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chandos Records Ltd
Published By – Boosey & Hawkes
Pressed By – CDA (4) – 13966
Pressed By – CDA (4) – 13967
Pressed By – CDA (4) – 13968
Pressed By – CDA (4)

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