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Shostakovich: String Quartets

11/6/2015, 16 Tracks, 1:09:52

Featuring

  • Christophe Collette
  • Marc Vieillefon
  • Vincent Deprecq
  • Cédric Conchon
  • Quatuor Debussy
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

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Recording & Production

This album features all the music from the Debussy String Quartet's 'Opus' show, which explored four works by Shostakovich.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

For a show called 'Opus' with the Australian circus company CIRCA, the Debussy String Quartet performed Shostakovich's works by heart and sometimes blindfolded.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Debussy String Quartet, founded in 1990, performs around 120 concerts annually worldwide, including in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Debussy String Quartet has released over 25 CDs in 25 years, covering a range of composers from French music to Weber and Shostakovich.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The album includes an Elegy, which is a string quartet transcription of an aria from Shostakovich's opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

Source: Booklet

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