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Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets / Quatuor Danel
Accentus Music

Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets / Quatuor Danel

$92.99

Details

Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist
Marc Danel, Gilles Millet, Vlad Bogdanas, Yovan Markovitch, Quatuor Danel
Format
CD
Label
Accentus Music
Released
Apr 19, 2024
Catalog #
ACC80585
UPC
4260234832846

About

With their recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's complete string quartets, the Quatuor Danel has crafted an impressive opus that delves into the composer's life with deep musical understanding and establishes unparalleled standards in interpreting his chamber music. These new live recordings, stemming from their 2022 residency at the Mendelssohn Hall of the Gewandhaus Leipzig, capture the full spectrum of emotions embedded in Shostakovich’s quartet cycle, from the ethereal to the profound, from the whimsical to the contemplative. With their interpretation of this extraordinary cycle, the Quatuor Danel has forged a distinctive Shostakovich style that cannot be found in any other quartet. Primarius Marc Danel reflects on the resonance with the audience in Leipzig, describing it as nothing short of sensational. “I hope the recordings will also convey the collective spirit we permanently felt during our residency in the Mendelssohn Hall."

Recorded live at Mendelssohn-Saal Gewandhaus zu Leipzig February & May, 2022

REVIEW:

The Quatuor Danel succeeds in working out new dimensions of expression under the best acoustic conditions. The fact that this music comes across so intensely in the present recordings is certainly also due to the sound crew. Rarely have we heard a recording as balanced and transparent as this one. 

-- Pizzicato

REVIEW:

Schooled and nurtured by both the Borodin and Beethoven quartets, the Danel has inherited their performing legacy yet adds its own voice. Its players also understand Shostakovich’s structures which, although cast in traditional forms of sonata, fugatos, Beethovenian motivic development and passacaglias, are at the same time free and exploratory. The new shakes hands with tradition, and the Danel is alert to this, its surgically precise textures allowing the listener to hear these ideas clearly. There are parts of the writing, such as in the opening movements of Quartets nos.8 and 15, where the influence of Renaissance music is clearly evident. Here, the Danel sculpts the sense of tension and resolution very effectively.

— The Strad

Tracklist 63 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Moderato 04:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  3. 2 II. Moderato 04:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Moderato
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  4. 3 III. Allegro molto 02:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  5. 4 IV. Allegro 03:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  6. 5 I. Overture: Moderato con moto 08:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Overture: Moderato con moto
    Duration
    08:16
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  7. 6 II. Recitative and Romance: Adagio 08:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Recitative and Romance: Adagio
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  8. 7 III. Waltz: Allegro 05:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Waltz: Allegro
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  9. 8 IV. Theme with Variations: Adagio 10:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Theme with Variations: Adagio
    Duration
    10:20
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  10. 9 I. Allegretto 06:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  11. 10 II. Moderato con moto 05:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Moderato con moto
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  12. 11 III. Allegro non troppo 04:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  13. 12 IV. Adagio 05:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  14. 13 V. Moderato 09:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Moderato
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  15. Disc 2
  16. 1 I. Allegretto 03:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  17. 2 II. Andantino 06:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  18. 3 III. Allegretto 04:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  19. 4 IV. Allegretto 09:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegretto
    Duration
    09:49
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  20. 5 I. Allegretto non troppo 11:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegretto non troppo
    Duration
    11:46
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  21. 6 II. Andante 09:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  22. 7 III. Moderato - Allegretto 10:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Moderato - Allegretto
    Duration
    10:58
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  23. 8 I. Allegretto 07:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  24. 9 II. Moderato con moto 04:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Moderato con moto
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  25. 10 III. Lento 04:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Lento
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  26. 11 IV. Lento - Allegretto - Andante 07:28
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Lento - Allegretto - Andante
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  27. Disc 3
  28. 1 I. Allegretto 03:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  29. 2 II. Lento 03:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  30. 3 III. Allegro - Allegretto 05:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro - Allegretto
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  31. 4 I. Largo - 04:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Largo -
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  32. 5 II. Allegro molto - 02:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegro molto -
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  33. 6 III. Allegretto - 04:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto -
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  34. 7 IV. Largo - 05:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Largo -
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  35. 8 V. Largo 03:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    V. Largo
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  36. 9 I. Moderato con moto 04:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Moderato con moto
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  37. 10 II. Adagio 03:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  38. 11 III. Allegretto 04:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  39. 12 IV. Adagio 03:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  40. 13 V. Allegro 09:44
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Allegro
    Duration
    09:44
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  41. Disc 4
  42. 1 I. Andante 04:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  43. 2 II. Allegretto furioso 03:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto furioso
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  44. 3 III. Adagio - 05:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio -
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  45. 4 IV. Allegretto 09:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegretto
    Duration
    09:38
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  46. 5 I. Introduction: Andantino 02:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Introduction: Andantino
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  47. 6 II. Scherzo: Allegretto 02:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegretto
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  48. 7 III. Recitative: Adagio 01:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Recitative: Adagio
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  49. 8 IV. Etude: Allegro 01:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Etude: Allegro
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  50. 9 V. Humoresque: Allegro 01:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Humoresque: Allegro
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  51. 10 VI. Élégie: Adagio 03:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    VI. Élégie: Adagio
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  52. 11 VII. Finale: Moderato 03:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    VII. Finale: Moderato
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  53. 12 I. Moderato - Al legretto - Moderato - Al legretto 07:10
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Moderato - Al legretto - Moderato - Al legretto
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  54. 13 II. Allegro - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto 19:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Allegro - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto
    Duration
    19:41
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  55. Disc 5
  56. 1 String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 138 20:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 138
    Duration
    20:18
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  57. 2 I. Allegretto 08:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    08:19
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  58. 3 II. Adagio 09:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  59. 4 III. Allegretto - Poco meno mosso - A tempo - Adagio 08:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegretto - Poco meno mosso - A tempo - Adagio
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  60. Disc 6
  61. 1 I. Elegy: Adagio 13:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Elegy: Adagio
    Duration
    13:36
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  62. 2 II. Serenade: Adagio 05:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Serenade: Adagio
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  63. 3 III. Intermezzo: Adagio 01:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Intermezzo: Adagio
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  64. 4 IV. Nocturne: Adagio 04:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Nocturne: Adagio
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  65. 5 V. Funeral March: Adagio molto 04:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Funeral March: Adagio molto
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  66. 6 VI. Epilogue: Adagio - Adagio molto 06:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Epilogue: Adagio - Adagio molto
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  67. 7 No. 1. Elegy: Adagio (arr. from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Op. 29, Act I Scene 3: Zherebyonok k kobylke toropitsa) 04:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Elegy: Adagio (arr. from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Op. 29, Act I Scene 3: Zherebyonok k kobylke toropitsa)
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  68. 8 No. 2. Polka: Allegretto (arr. from The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: III. Polka) 02:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. Polka: Allegretto (arr. from The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: III. Polka)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel
  69. 9 Quartet Movement in E-Flat Major, "Unfinished Quartet" 07:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    Quartet Movement in E-Flat Major, "Unfinished Quartet"
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Quatuor Danel