String Quartets Nos. 10, 12, 14
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The St Petersburg String Quartet's 2003 Hyperion recording of String Quartets Nos. 10, 12, and 14 presents Shostakovich's chamber works with dramatic intensity and technical brilliance. These middle-period quartets showcase the composer wrestling with modernist technique while expressing profound emotional turmoil. The ensemble captures both the works' architectural rigor and their underlying turbulence—particularly in the Twelfth Quartet's stark, almost skeletal writing. Shostakovich's harmonic language here is uncompromising, yet the quartet conveys his search for meaning beneath the dissonance. A powerful introduction to one of the twentieth century's greatest chamber music cycles.
Item Details+
| Genre | Classical |
| Style | Modern, Chamber Music, String Ensemble |
| Media | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Sleeve | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Description | CD and sleeve are EX. Carefully packed and shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping! |
| Label | Hyperion |
| Year | 2003 |
| Country | UK |
| Format | CD |
Tracklist+
String Quartet No. 12 In D Flat Major, Op. 133
String Quartet No. 14 In F Sharp Major, Op. 142
String Quartet No. 10 In A Flat Major, Op. 118
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