℗ 2019 Signum Records
| Released | March 22, 2019 |
| Duration | 59m 21s |
| Record Label | Signum Records |
| Catalogue No. | SIGCD559 |
| Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 7
Carducci String Quartet
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68
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1.1
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I. Overture: Moderato con moto
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
7:55 | |||
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1.2
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II. Recitative and Romance, Adagio
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
10:11 | |||
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1.3
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III. Valse: Allegro
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
5:30 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Theme with Variations, Adagio
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
10:07 | |||
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String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49
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1.5
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I. Moderato
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
4:06 | |||
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1.6
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II. Moderato
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
4:09 | |||
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1.7
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III. Allegro molto
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
2:08 | |||
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1.8
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IV. Allegro
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
3:04 | |||
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String Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 108
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1.9
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I. Allegretto
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
3:34 | |||
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1.10
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II. Lento
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
3:03 | |||
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1.11
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III. Allegro - Allegretto
Dmitri Shostakovich; Carducci String Quartet |
5:34 | |||
This album marks the second release of the Carducci’s Shostakovich 15 project, which includes performances of the complete cycles of the Shostakovich Quartets in cities including Washington DC, London, Oxford, Cardiff, Bogota and concerts throughout the UK to mark the 40th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Described by The Strad as presenting “a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality”, the Carducci Quartet is recognised as one of today’s most successful string quartets.
This album contrasts Shostakovich’s first two string quartets with the seventh – composed in memory of his late wife Nina. In composing his quartets prior to No. 7, Shostakovich had scrupulously followed a predetermined sequence of keys: according to this, the work should have been in E flat major. However Shostakovich, significantly, chose to break this pattern by writing his new quartet in F sharp minor, the key associated with such anguished music as Peter’s remorse in Bach’s St John Passion, and – particularly close to Shostakovich’s heart – Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.95 -15.24 to -0.20 | -27.53 -38.23 to -22.34 | -23.74 -35.50 to -18.50 | 14 12 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Overture: Moderato con moto | -0.20 | -22.34 | -18.9 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Recitative and Romance, Adagio | -1.71 | -27.08 | -22.5 | 15 |
| 3 | III. Valse: Allegro | -2.95 | -25.74 | -22.2 | 15 |
| 4 | IV. Theme with Variations, Adagio | -0.20 | -24.63 | -20.9 | 15 |
| 5 | I. Moderato | -1.92 | -27.50 | -23.8 | 14 |
| 6 | II. Moderato | -4.85 | -28.76 | -24.7 | 14 |
| 7 | III. Allegro molto | -11.31 | -32.29 | -29.4 | 12 |
| 8 | IV. Allegro | -0.20 | -23.35 | -19.3 | 14 |
| 9 | I. Allegretto | -4.73 | -28.56 | -25.4 | 14 |
| 10 | II. Lento | -15.24 | -38.23 | -35.5 | 13 |
| 11 | III. Allegro - Allegretto | -0.20 | -24.39 | -18.5 | 15 |