String Quartets

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Emerson String Quartet

First released: 1st March 2000

1.
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 1. Moderato
3:55
2.
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 2. Moderato
3:59
3.
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 3. Allegro molto
2:23
4.
String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: 4. Allegro
3:44
5.
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 1. Overture: Moderato con moto
7:57
6.
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 2. Recitative and Romance: Adagio
9:05
7.
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 3. Waltz: Allegro
5:28
8.
String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: 4. Theme with Variations: Adagio – Moderato con moto – Allegretto – Piu mosso – Allegro non troppo – Allegro – Adagio
10:43
9.
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 1. Allegretto
6:52
10.
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 2. Moderato con moto
4:22
11.
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 3. Allegro non troppo
3:50
12.
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 4. Adagio – attacca:
4:44
13.
String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: 5. Moderato – Adagio
8:18

2.
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 1. Allegretto
3:50
3.
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 2. Andantino
6:23
4.
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 3. Allegretto – attacca:
4:35
5.
String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: 4. Allegretto
9:37
6.
String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: 1. Allegro non troppo – attacca:
11:18
7.
String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: 2. Andante – Andantino – Andante – attacca:
8:29
8.
String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: 3. Moderato – Allegretto – Andante
10:29
9.
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 1. Allegretto
6:44
10.
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 2. Moderato con Moto
4:59
11.
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 3. Lento – attacca:
3:57
12.
String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: 4. Lento – Allegretto – Andante – Lento
6:33

3.
String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: 1. Allegretto
3:41
4.
String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: 2. Lento – attacca:
2:48
5.
String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: 3. Allegro – Allegretto – Adagio
5:12
6.
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 1. Largo – attacca:
4:33
7.
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 2. Allegro molto – attacca:
2:37
8.
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 3. Allegretto – attacca:
4:05
9.
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 4. Largo – attacca:
4:45
10.
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: 5. Largo
3:41
11.
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 1. Moderato
4:24
12.
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 2. Adagio – attacca:
3:47
13.
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 3. Allegretto – attacca:
4:02
14.
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 4. Adagio – attacca:
3:00
15.
String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: 5. Allegro
9:36
16.
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 1. Andante
4:12
17.
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 2. Allegretto furioso
3:57
18.
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 3. Adagio – attacca:
4:48
19.
String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: 4. Allegretto – Andante
8:40

4.
Adagio (Elegy) for String Quartet After “Katerina’s Aria” From Scene 3 of the Opera “Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District”, op. 29
4:34
5.
Allegretto (Polka) for String Quartet After the Polka From “The Age of Gold”, op. 22
2:47
6.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 1. Introduction: Andantino – attacca:
2:11
7.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 2. Scherzo: Allegretto – attacca:
2:41
8.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 3. Recitative: Adagio – attacca:
1:08
9.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 4. Etude: Allegro – attacca:
1:15
10.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 5. Humoresque: Allegro – attacca:
1:03
11.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 6. Elegy: Adagio – attacca:
4:10
12.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: 7. Finale: Moderato – Meno mosso – Moderato
3:38
13.
String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: 1. Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato
6:29
14.
String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: 2. Allegretto – Adagio – Moderato – Adagio – Moderato – Allegretto
19:23
15.
String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138: Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo
19:08

5.
String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: 1. Allegretto
8:13
6.
String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: 2. Adagio – attacca:
8:52
7.
String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: 3. Allegretto – Poco meno mosso – Adagio
8:05
8.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 1. Elegy
12:36
9.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 2. Serenade: Adagio – attacca:
5:47
10.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 3. Intermezzo: Adagio – attacca:
1:38
11.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 4. Nocturne: Adagio – attacca:
4:30
12.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 5. Funeral March: Adagio molto – attacca:
4:35
13.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: 6. Epilogue: Adagio – Adagio molto
6:18