Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets / Quatuor Danel

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Accentus Music
Release Date
April 19, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Dmitri Shostakovich
    • PERFORMER
      Marc Danel, Gilles Millet, Vlad Bogdanas, Yovan Markovitch, Quatuor Danel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 19, 2024
    • UPC
      4260234832846
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ACC80585
    • LABEL
      Accentus Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      6
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    2. II. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    3. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    4. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    5. I. Overture: Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    6. II. Recitative and Romance: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    7. III. Waltz: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    8. IV. Theme with Variations: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    9. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    10. II. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    11. III. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    12. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    13. V. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    14. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    15. II. Andantino

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    16. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    17. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    18. I. Allegretto non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    19. II. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    20. III. Moderato - Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    21. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    22. II. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    23. III. Lento

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    24. IV. Lento - Allegretto - Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    25. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    26. II. Lento

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    27. III. Allegro - Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    28. I. Largo -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    29. II. Allegro molto -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    30. III. Allegretto -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    31. IV. Largo -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    32. V. Largo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    33. I. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    34. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    35. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    36. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    37. V. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    38. I. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    39. II. Allegretto furioso

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    40. III. Adagio -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    41. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    42. I. Introduction: Andantino

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    43. II. Scherzo: Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    44. III. Recitative: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    45. IV. Etude: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    46. V. Humoresque: Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    47. VI. Élégie: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    48. VII. Finale: Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    49. I. Moderato - Al legretto - Moderato - Al legretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    50. II. Allegro - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

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

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    52. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    53. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

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

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    55. I. Elegy: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    56. II. Serenade: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    57. III. Intermezzo: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    58. IV. Nocturne: Adagio

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    59. V. Funeral March: Adagio molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    60. VI. Epilogue: Adagio - Adagio molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    61. No. 1. Elegy: Adagio (arr. from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Op. 29, Act I Scene 3: Zherebyonok k kobylke toropitsa)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    62. No. 2. Polka: Allegretto (arr. from The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: III. Polka)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

    63. Quartet Movement in E-Flat Major, "Unfinished Quartet"

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Quatuor Danel


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