Emerson String Quartet - Shostakovich: The String Quartets (5CD) (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 05:58:30 | 1.5 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 463284
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 05:58:30 | 1.5 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 463284
If you like your Shostakovich quartets big, brawny, and a bit brutal, you'll like the Emerson Quartet's Shostakovich quartets. The Allegros are muscular, with sharp attacks, strong sforzandos, and relentless rhythms. The Passacaglias are powerful, with massive sonorities, monumental structures, and inexorable tempos. And the Allegrettos are aggressive, with ironic accents, sarcastic tones, and mordent tempos.