Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets / Rubio Quartet

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
November 1, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Rubio Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      RUBIO QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2019
    • UPC
      5028421960470
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96047
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Overture: Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    2. II. Recitative and Romance: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    3. III. Waltz: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    4. IV. Theme with Variations: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    5. I. Largo -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    6. II. Allegro molto -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    7. III. Allegretto -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    8. IV. Largo -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    9. V. Largo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    10. I. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    11. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    12. II. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    13. III. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    14. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    15. V. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    16. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    17. II. Lento

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    18. III. Allegro - Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    19. I. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    20. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    21. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    22. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    23. V. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    24. I. Allegretto non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    25. II. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    26. III. Moderato - Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    27. I. Introduction: Andantino

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    28. II. Scherzo: Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    29. III. Recitative: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    30. IV. Etude: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    31. V. Humoresque: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    32. VI. Élégie: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    33. VII. Finale: Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    34. I. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    35. II. Allegro - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    36. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    37. II. Andantino

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    38. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    39. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    40. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    41. II. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    42. III. Lento

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    43. IV. Lento - Allegretto - Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    44. I. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    45. II. Allegretto furioso

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    46. III. Adagio -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    47. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    48. I. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    49. II. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    50. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    51. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    52. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    53. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

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

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    55. I. Elegy: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    56. II. Serenade: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    57. III. Intermezzo: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    58. IV. Nocturne: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    59. V. Funeral March: Adagio molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet

    60. VI. Epilogue: Adagio - Adagio molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Rubio Quartet


Read full review from earlier release of this complete set of the Shostakovich Complete String Quartets below.

When it comes to this music, how the quartet plays technically is just as important as what it does interpretively, and I very much like the way that the Rubio Quartet plays. Unlike so many groups in this music, they never hack or slash their way through the more violent moments, always maintaining excellent balances, smooth legato, and a warm tone. Combine this with lively tempos throughout, and the result achieves all of the necessary intensity without ugliness or distortion, realizing the composer’s intentions far more effectively than many a more rough and edgy approach. The result may well appeal to Shostakovich fans who respect rather than love these pieces (and I know that there are many), finding concentrated listening to four strings perpetually in extremis something of an ordeal (at least as compared to the symphonies, with their wider range of contrasts).

This emphasis on the classical virtues of fine chamber music playing means that those famous “crazy” moments, such as the second movement of the Eighth Quartet, erupt naturally and sound well-placed in their context with no loss of excitement, while the gentler passages in the First and Seventh Quartets, or the opening of the Fourth, are notably lovely and full of feeling. In the late quartets (Nos. 12-15) the Rubio’s emphasis on lyricism goes far toward making the music’s bleakness and dark emotional demeanor more palatable (and consequently more expressively direct) than many less ingratiating interpretations. Very natural recorded sound, happily not too close to the players, ideally complements the ensemble’s approach. You can find more gut-wrenching versions of these works (the Borodin Quartet, for example), but this set does the music full justice while also placing it within the great quartet tradition to which Shostakovich so often pays homage. An excellent achievement and a tremendous bargain.

– ClassicsToday (David Hurwitz)