Fragments Vol 2 - Shostakovich / Alexander String Quartet

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Label
Foghorn Classics
Release Date
January 1, 2007
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Alexander String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2007
    • UPC
      700871199123
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCL1991
    • LABEL
      Foghorn Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Largo -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    2. II. Allegro molto -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    3. III. Allegretto -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    4. IV. Largo -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    5. V. Largo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    6. I. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    7. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    8. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    9. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    10. V. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    11. I. Introduction: Andantino

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    12. II. Scherzo: Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    13. III. Recitative: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    14. IV. Etude: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    15. V. Humoresque: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    16. VI. Élégie: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    17. VII. Finale: Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    18. Unfinished Quartet

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    19. I. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    20. II. Allegretto furioso

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    21. III. Adagio -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    22. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    23. I. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    24. II. Allegro - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    25. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 138

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    26. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    27. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    28. III. Allegretto - Poco meno mosso - A tempo - Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    29. I. Elegy: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    30. II. Serenade: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    31. III. Intermezzo: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    32. IV. Nocturne: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    33. V. Funeral March: Adagio molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    34. VI. Epilogue: Adagio - Adagio molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    35. Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

    36. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet


These fabled works dating from 1960–1975 represent some of Shostakovich’s most bitterly frank, occasionally transcendental essays for the string quartet. At times poignant yet occasionally ribald, these performances have been called utterly compelling. Unique in this stunning survey is a fine performance of his “Unfinished” quartet, the first recording of what was originally to have been Shostakovich’s 9th Quartet, discovered and published in 2003. Additionally, listeners will find two more of Zakarias Grafilo’s extraordinary transcriptions of the 1950/51 Preludes and Fugues for Piano Op. 87.

Alexander String Quartet:
Zakarias Grafilo, Frederick Lifsitz: violins
Paul Yarbrough: viola
Sandy Wilson: cello